[Python-Dev] sstruct

[Lalo Martins]

On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 08:38:15PM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> >Heck, I would have used it instead of struct in all places I ever used
> >struct, if I knew about it before :-)
> 
> Can you explain why? Isn't it much slower than struct?

I haven't yet tested its speed, but Just claims it's just a bit slower.

However, in a choice between clarity and speed I almost always, scratch
that, always choose clarity.  Then *if* I have performance problems I go
back and speed up where I can, as long as I don't compromise clarity beyond
some reasonable arbitrary limit.  The struct module, however, falls a lot
beyond this limit, and if I had a choice I wouldn't even have used it at all.

(Short answer: Mu.)

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