[Python-ideas] Make Python code read-only

[Greg Ewing]

Victor Stinner wrote:

> Optimizations possible when the code is read-only
> =================================================
> 
> * Inline calls to functions.
> 
> * Replace calls to pure functions (without side effect) with the
> result. For example, len("abc") can be replaced with 3.

I'm skeptical about how much difference this would make.
In most of the Python code I've seen, calls to module-level
functions are relatively rare -- most calls are method
calls.

-- 
Greg