[Python-Dev] Impact of Namedtuple on startup time

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jul 17, 2017, at 10:59, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ISTM this issue is being pressed by micro-optimizers who are being very aggressive and not responding to actual user needs (it is more an invented issue than a real one).  Named tuple has been around for a long time and users have been somewhat happy with it.

Regardless of whether this particular optimization is a good idea or not, start up time *is* a serious challenge in many environments for CPython in particular and the perception of Python’s applicability to many problems.  I think we’re better off trying to identify and address such problems than ignoring or minimizing them.

Cheers,
-Barry

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