[Python-Dev] performance testing recommendations in devguide

[Ezio Melotti]

Hi,

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>
> What would be important to say in the devguide regarding Python
> performance and testing it?

In the devguide I would only add information that are specific to
benchmarking the interpreter.
A separate "Benchmarking HOWTO" that covers generic topics
could/should be added to docs.python.org.

Best Regards,
Ezio Melotti

>  What would you add/subtract from the
> above?  How important is testing memory performance?  How do we avoid
> performance regressions?  Thanks!
>
> -eric