[Python-Dev] Strategy for converting the decimal module to C
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Jul 20 03:30:50 CEST 2006
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> When such arithmetic is implemented in hardware, it is normal for
> exceptional cases to be handled by interrupt, and that is VERY
> expensive ... It then becomes important to know how
> many of the things you got, to know whether it is worth putting
> code in to avoid them or even using a different algorithm.
But couldn't you just put in an interrupt handler that
counts the interrupts, for the purpose of measurement?
--
Greg
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