Barry Warsaw <barry <at> python.org> writes: > > >exarkun <at> boson:~$ python -m timeit -s 'from os import getcwd' 'getcwd()' > >1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.02 usec per loop [...] > > I'd like to see the effect on command line scripts that are run often and then > exit, e.g. Bazaar or Mercurial. Start up time due to import overhead seems to > be a constant battle for those types of projects.
If os.getcwd() is only called once when "normalizing" sys.path, and if it just takes one microsecond, I don't really see the point. :-) Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
