Ints and performance (was Re: PEP0238 lament)
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Fri Jul 27 11:35:02 EDT 2001
Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
> That is my point, though. These integer optimizations are, as we
> agree, a clear win. Are these optimizations in danger of being impacted
> as a result of this unification, or will we still be able to count
> on integer performance being significantly better than that of
> less frequently used types.
What Tim was trying to say was that under the covers we will still use
different representations so this kind of optimization will still be
possible.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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