[issue13150] Most of Python's startup time is sysconfig

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Actually, #9878 should supersede this bug: it proposes to generate a C 
> module to avoid parsing Makefile and pyconfig.h, and your patch
> proposes to generate a Python module with the same goal.

Well, #9878 doesn't have a patch, but perhaps Barry is willing to work on one. Also, if we have a pure Python solution, perhaps a C module isn't needed. The main advantage of the C solution, though, would be to avoid dubious parsing altogher, even at build time.

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nosy: +barry

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