cgi.FieldStorage() is slow

[Jonas Galvez]

Nehal wrote:
> after profiling, it seems like:
>         self.read_lines_to_outerboundary()
> which is called from
>         cgi.FieldStorage()
> is the reason why it's so slow.
> 
> when uploading small files, you won't notice a difference, but if
> you upload files larger than 2 megs, you can notice it.

Well, you could use sys.stdin.read() and retrieve POST data in a 
customized manner (bytes per cycle). But I doubt it would help.



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