On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:46 PM, John Smith <sanspriv...@gmail.com> wrote: > pyc-only install sees mediocre performance. (pyc's are built using > compileall.py, then source .py's removed before packaging)
(Warning: it's been probably a decade since I looked at any of this stuff, so treat this response as mere conjecture.) I'd take a look at startup time and things like stat(2) calls in the presence or absence of .py files. It's possible that it tries all other possible file extensions before considering .pyc. If you have a long sys.path, it would then run through all the other file extension possibilities before trying the .pyc. OTOH, if the .py is present, it might be found early in the search, then as an optimization, look for a .pyc file it can use rather than compiling the .py file. How long is sys.path? Skip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
