performance critical Python features

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, which are the other pieces of Python that really need the heavy
> optimization and which are those that don't?  Thanks.
>

Things that are executed once (imports, class/func definitions) and
things that primarily wait for user input don't need to be optimized.
Things that get executed millions of times a second MAY need to be
optimized.

ChrisA
(The keyword MAY is to be interpreted as per RFC 2119.)