Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: If such changes are acceptable, here is a part of my large patch fo modernizing stdlib sources.
Some microbenchmarks: $ ./python -m timeit -s "from uuid import NAMESPACE_DNS as u" -- "u.bytes" $ ./python -m timeit -s "from uuid import NAMESPACE_DNS as u" -- "u.bytes_le" $ ./python -m timeit -s "from uuid import UUID" -- "UUID(bytes_le=b'abcdefghijklmnop')" Before patch: 10000 loops, best of 3: 66.9 usec per loop 10000 loops, best of 3: 102 usec per loop 10000 loops, best of 3: 65.2 usec per loop After patch: 100000 loops, best of 3: 3.98 usec per loop 100000 loops, best of 3: 10.8 usec per loop 10000 loops, best of 3: 32.1 usec per loop ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36245/modernize_uuid.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22131> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com