Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org> added the comment: > I'm sure it does work, but what is the point of linking statically > to libpython.a but then having other dependencies, for example on > lib-dynload/time.so? Why not just link to libpython2.5.so in the > first place?
speed. Using a python executable with a statically linked libpython is about 10% faster on ix86, plus with some compilers on linux profile based optimization can be used on static objects, which doesn't work with shared libraries (at least on linux using gcc). ---------- nosy: +doko _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4434> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
