[Numpy-discussion] iteration slowing, no increase in memory

[Robert Kern]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:03, John [H2O]<washakie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a routine that is iterating through a series of directories, loading
> files, plotting, then moving on...
>
> It runs very well for the first few iterations, but then slows tremendously
> - there is nothing significantly different about the files or directory in
> which it slows.

One thing you can do to verify this is to change the order of
iteration. You will also want to profile your code. Then you can see
what is taking up so much time.

  http://docs.python.org/library/profile

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
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