So are there any disadvantages of having __slots__? Is pickling always different when it is defined, or only in the current master?
Aaron Meurer On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> But I imagine if we were to remove all __slots__ definitions in the >>> core, that things would be much slower. >>> > > It looks like it. __slots lookup is faster than __dict__ lookup in > CPython and according to the mailing list of cpython it is an > implementation deficiency. > > However it has no effect on pypy (interesting discussion about their > implementation): > http://morepypy.blogspot.fr/2010/11/efficiently-implementing-python-objects.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
