reinsn wrote: > Hi, > > I have got a specific question on performance: Is the overhead of > object creation in Python lower than in Java? I mean, I would argue, in > Java by object creation, the complete class is the model and all > methods and attributes are generated for the object. > In Python, methods and objects are only generated, if reached: so could > this represent a performance advantage for Python?
No, this is a misunderstanding on your side. In all OO-languages, the code (methods) are separated from the instance. Thus creating an object results in memory allocation _only_ for the members of that object, not any methods! In python, this boils down to a dictionary holding the members, JAVA/C++ allocate whatever the class makes them to. So, no, no performance advantage. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
