Python too slow for real world

[tomjenkins at my-dejanews.com]

In article <613145F79272D211914B0020AFF6401914DAD8 at gandalf.digicool.com>,
  Brian Lloyd <Brian at digicool.com> wrote:
> There are also some general optimizations that can be used in
> places where speed is an issue, such as avoiding repeated
> attribute lookups (esp. in loops). This version of your read_write
> function uses the same basic algorithm, but forgoes re for more
> specific tools (slicing, string.split) and has some examples of
> optimizations to mimimize attribute lookups. I haven't timed it
> or anything, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't noticeably
> faster.

Brian, just to followup on your post I profiled his original code and yours:
PII 450, 128M, WinNT
Original: 5.126 seconds
Your Ver: 1.512 seconds

Tom

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