On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:36:52AM +0100, Michael Hudson wrote: >Could it just be that instantiating instances of new-style classes is >slower than instantiating instances of old-style classes? There's not >anything in what you've posted to suggest that exceptions are involved >directly.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that. Yes, instantiating new-style classes is slower than old-style, but only by about 10%. The slow-down for try/except is more like 60%. So, it's not just the new versus old difference. It's much, much more than that. Thanks, Sean -- The Law of Software Development and Envelopment at MIT: Every program in development at MIT expands until it can read mail. Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tummy.com, ltd. - Linux Consulting since 1995: Ask me about High Availability _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
