[Python-Dev] Mercurial sluggishness (was: this is what happens if you freeze all the modules required for startup)

[Mark Lawrence]

On 15/04/2014 18:32, Daniel Holth wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> Le 15/04/2014 19:09, Daniel Holth a écrit :
>>
>>> In case you were wondering, I'm using Ubuntu's "2.7.5+" and "3.3.2+".
>>>
>>> My feeling has long been that the speed of getting at the "--help"
>>> option or any initial user feedback from Mercurial or git is a big
>>> driver in perceived speed as opposed to how long the entire operation
>>> might take. But for me any initial speed improvements from git are
>>> fully offset by the feeling of irritation afterwards. /troll
>>>
>>> For me Python's startup time (warm) takes about 1/4 of the hg startup
>>> time in the worst case. I expect to both notice and appreciate any
>>> speedups and encourage all optimizers to optimize.
>>
>>
>> Well, if we optimize 11% out of that 1/4, I don't expect you to notice the
>> speedup at all ;-)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Antoine.
>
> No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Except those who expect Python 2.8?

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Mark Lawrence

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