Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > Thanks for your comment; it is a very valid point to consider. > However, as a vector-based implementation is roughly three to four > times faster than what the current API can provide by design (reduced > overhead and GIL-relaxation not included), I may disagree with it.
I fear that this kind of optimization is a moving target. If some CPU architecture gains hardware support for cryptographic hashes, OpenSSL will support it and be much faster than Python's parallel version. > I'm willing to make a proposal (read: patch) if you and the other > overlords have enough confidence in this API-change and it has a > chance to get submitted. If the only advantage is some speedup on parallel hashing of many-small-strings, I don't think a new API is warranted for such a specialized use case. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10302> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
