On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsali...@gmail.com> wrote: >> For simplicity, let's say I've been running the suite of performance >> tests within a single interpreter - so I test one module thoroughly, >> then move on to the next without exiting the interpreter. >> [chomp more details] > > Do the modules import stuff that's staying imported? That could > majorly affect performance. What about .pyc files?
The modules are all imported up at the top of the script. I haven't verified this, but I'm guessing the .pyc's are created at the beginning too. > I don't know if you can truly reset the interpreter. Snapshotting > sys.modules and reinstating it afterwards would help, but there are > other concerns too. I would personally just restart the interpreter > each time, frankly; it's the easiest way to be sure. Maybe so ^_^ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
