STINNER Victor added the comment: base64_on_demand.patch: create tables the first time they are needed.
b85decode() already uses such trick to build _b85dec. Note: a85decode() doesn't use a precomputed table. > If people think that these functions are too slow, they should propose an > extension of the binascii module, rather than micro-optimizing the Python > code. Yes, a C extension may be even faster. But I'm not interested to work on such enhance, I just want to fix the regression in memory usage right now. ---------- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file34327/base64_on_demand.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20879> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
