[Python-Dev] Python 3 optimizations continued...

[Georg Brandl]

Am 30.08.2011 20:34, schrieb stefan brunthaler:
>> Um, I'm sorry, but that reply sounds incredibly naive, like you're not
>> really sure what the on-disk format for .pyc files is or why it would
>> matter. You're not even answering the question, except indirectly --
>> it seems that you've never even thought about the possibility of
>> generating a .pyc file on one platform and copying it to a computer
>> using a different one.
>>
> Well, it may sound incredibly naive, but the truth is: I am never
> storing the optimized representation to disk, it's done purely at
> runtime when profiling tells me it makes sense to make the switch.
> Thus I circumvent many of the problems outlined by you. So I am
> positive that a full fledged change of the representation has many
> more intricacies to it, but my approach is only tangentially
> related...

You know, instead of all these half-explanations, giving us access to
the code would shut us up much more effectively.  Don't worry about not
passing tests, this is what the official trunk does half of the time ;)

Georg