[Python-3000] stdlib as .zip by default

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Mon Jun 23 21:04:14 CEST 2008



Oleg Broytmann wrote:

>    Less stat calls in exchange for seeking in the zip "filesystem" plus
> decompression. IWBN if someone shows real numbers...

Decompression time is balanced, probably more than balanced, by shorter 
disk reading times.  In the last twenty years, cpus have speed up much 
more than disks, so tradeoffs have changed.



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