David Roundy added the comment:
Here is a little script to demonstrate the regression (which yes, is still
bothering me).
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type: -> performance
versions: +Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file47016/test.py
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David Roundy added the comment:
My tests involved 8 million files on an ext4 file system. I expect that
accounts for the difference. It's true that it's an excessive number of
files, and maybe the best option is to ignore the problem.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:52 PM Antoine Pit
David Roundy added the comment:
I had suspected that might be the case. At this point mostly it's just a
test case where I generated a lot of files to demonstrate the issue. In my
test case hello world with one module import takes a minute and 40 seconds.
I could make it take longer, of c
New submission from David Roundy:
I have observed a performance regression in module importing. In python 3.4.2,
importing a module from the current directory (where the script is located)
causes the entire directory to be read. When there are many files in this
directory, this can cause
