[Image-SIG] Multi-threading and PIL

[Sebastian Haase]

For pixel-by-pixel stuff you would probably be much (!) faster using numpy.

- Sebastian Haase


On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Stani <spe.stani.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> Op woensdag 06-08-2008 om 09:45 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Kristofor
> Amundson:
>
>> My problem is that I see little to no improvement in my performance
>> with the threading, even when I process the images on a machine with 8
>> CPU's. In fact, it only seems to utilize one CPU. Is this due to the
>> GIL?
> Probably so.
>
>> I am wondering if there is a way for me to properly thread this to
>> improve my performance.
> I use mostly subprocess pools to increase multi-core performance, but of
> course this might be not evident to implement depending on the specifics
> of your software. That is the only way to take advantage of multi-core
> CPU (or of course stackless python).
>
> To speed up your existing code, you might also give psyco a try (which
> is again in active development), profile your code and rewrite some
> parts in cython or wait for PyPy to mature.
>
> Stani
>
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