embedded python 2.7.1 slow startup

[Kushal Kumaran]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM, bruce bushby <bruce.bushby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I've been playing with running python on embedded linux. I thought I would
> run some "straces" to see how the install went when I noticed python
> attempts to "open"
> loads of files that don't exist.....is there a way to prevent these "open"
> attempts....they're responsible for 40% of my scripts execution time.
> I was wondering if there is a way to prevent python from attempting to open
> files I know are not there?
>

I had a (sort of) similar problem recently with a python script on an
N900 phone, with the startup time completely dominating the total
runtime.

I simply converted it into daemon instead, which solved the
responsiveness problem for me.  I wonder if that is applicable for
your situation.

-- 
regards,
kushal