> On 2 Mar 2021, at 23:49, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>
> [Barry]
>> All python byte code is interpreted by calling functions. They take
>> time and resources.
>
> That's not entirely correct. Literals such as text strings, ints and
> floats get compiled directly into the byte-code. Now of course there is
> some overhead while executing the byte-code, but that doesn't include
> the heavy cost of a Python function call.
I was thinking of the C functions that are executed in ceval.c to run the
interpreter
for any byte code.
Barry
>
>
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> Steve
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