[Python-Dev] C extension import time

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:01:35 +0200,
Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> a écrit :
> 
> I'm getting about the same values as above. I may be misunderstanding
> something, but I wanted to reduce the difference between the 2.21 msec
> and the 112 usec.

So you aren't complaining about C extension import time, but Python
code import time, right?

> So the first step I tried is something horrible (typing from memory):
> 
> try:
>     import _decimal
> except ImportError:
>     <whole of decimal.py here !!!>
> else:
>     from _decimal import *
> 
> That way the 2.21 msec are reduced to 912 usec, but the indentation is
> an abomination.

Just create a _pydecimal module (like _pyio).

Regards

Antoine.