Speed *triples* by changing 'apply(f, args)' to 'f(*args)'

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1046829310.19920.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Peters  <tim.one at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>There's more than meets the eye: because the apply() builtin is
>deprecated now, the implementation of __builtin__.apply() now calls
>warnings.warn() (a Python function) to see whether it should issue
>a deprecation warning.  So the former also costs a new hidden call
>to a long Python function now, which in turn does many lookups and
>additional calls (both C and Python level) of its own.  Luckily,
>Gerritt already figured out the best fix <wink>.

Ouch.  Should we consider postponing the official deprecation of apply()
for one more release?  I'm concerned about the possible speed of the
logging module.
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