Simon Cross <hodgestar+pythondev <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Well, since the source for _read_chunked includes the comment > > # XXX This accumulates chunks by repeated string concatenation, > # which is not efficient as the number or size of chunks gets big. > > you might gain some speed improvement with minimal effort by gathering > the read data chunks into a list and then returning "".join(chunks) at > the end.
+1 for trying this. Given differences between platforms in realloc() performance, it might be the reason why it goes unnoticed under Linux but degenerates under Windows. As a sidenote, it is interesting that even an stdlib module makes this mistake and acknowledges it without trying to fix it. _______________________________________________ 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
