wxPython performance

[Boudewijn Rempt]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> Other options might include making sure modules are not loaded
> until they are needed, or loading them on a separate thread just
> after the main program starts.
> 

Convincing your users that they need to preload the libs might
work too -- for instance by creating a 'server' component that
should be started when the machine is booted that loads the lib.

> None of which seems to help the OP.  I'm curious why the Linux
> implementation is so much slower than the Win32.  My own machine
> is _not_ fast!  (It's only a 233 MHz Pentium MMX.)
> 

wxPython has to load gtk, probably, and the bindings. The underlying
gui library is already present in memory on a windows machine, leaving
only the bindings to be loaded.

I've also noticed that Python loads its own bytecode files rather
more slowly than other files. So any pixmaps shouldn't be put in the
code, but loaded separately. That can make quite a difference.

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