[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 3154 for 3.4?

[Tim Peters]

[Richard Oudkerk]
> I tried using multiprocessing.Pipe() and send_bytes()/recv_bytes() to send
> messages between processes:
>
>   8 bytes messages  -- 525,000 msgs/sec
>   15 bytes messages -- 556,000 msgs/sec
>
> So the size of small messages does not seem to make much difference.

To the contrary, the lesson is clear:  to speed up multiprocessing,
the larger the messages the faster it goes ;-)