[New-bugs-announce] [issue42081] Consider fast_double_parser for faster str->double

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr>:

This is more of a "could be nice" entry if there are any interested core developers.

A new algorithm and library was recently published for faster parsing of double numbers.  It claims rigorous accuracy and the performance is impressive.  The implementation is in C++ but it's really decorated C.  It also seems simple enough that it can be reimplemented independently.

https://github.com/lemire/fast_double_parser/

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 378960
nosy: mark.dickinson, pitrou, tim.peters
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: Consider fast_double_parser for faster str->double
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10

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