[Python-Dev] python-dev Summary for 2004-04-01 through 2004-04-30[rough draft]

Robert Brewer fumanchu at amor.org
Sun May 9 19:23:32 EDT 2004


Brett C wrote Yet Another Great Summary:

> Subject: [Python-Dev] python-dev Summary for 2004-04-01 
> through 2004-04-30[rough draft]
> 
> I would like to get this out Wednesday night, so please send in your 
> corrections by then.  Thanks.
>8
> --------------------
> stdlib: Python or C?
> --------------------
> The question of whether stdlib modules should be coded in Python or C 
> came up again.  Armin Rigo posted some numbers comparing 
> performance of 
> heapq using the Python version both in a stock Python 
> interpreter and in 
> Psyco_ and then the C version.  Armin's quick timings showed that the 
> Python version of heapq was actually after than the C version 
> when used in Psyco.

I think you mean "faster than" instead of "after than".

>8
> -----------------------------------------
> Moving forward with generator expressions
> -----------------------------------------
>8
> 
> What people did was the whole thing about late bindings period. 

I don't understand this sentence.

HTH,


Robert Brewer
MIS
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org



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