[Python-Dev] Python 2.4, VS 2005 & Profile Guided Optmization

[Joe Smith]

"Joe Smith" <unknown_kev_cat at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Neil Hodgson" <nyamatongwe at gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Trent Nelson:
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>>> I ended up playing around with Profile Guided Optimization, running
>>> ``python.exe pystones.py'' to collect call-graph data after
>>> python.exe/Python24.dll had been instrumented, then recompiling with the
>>> optimizations fed back in.
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>>   It'd be an idea to build a larger body of Python code to run the
>> profiling pass on so it doesn't just optimize the sort of code in
>> pystone which is not very representative. Could run the test suite as
>> it would have good coverage but would hit exceptional cases too
>> heavily. Other compilers (Intel?) support profile directed
>> optimization so would also benefit from such a body of code.
>>
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> GCC suppost profiling optimized code.
Err... That was supposed to say "supports profile-optimized code".
The rest of the message was indeed about Profile Guided Optimization in gcc.