Does loading PDB slow down execution?
Unixnut
unixnut at witheredfire.com
Sun Oct 3 17:03:19 EDT 2021
Hi all,
If I run a python3 program with "import pdb" in the code, would it
execute slower than without loading the debugger?
The program I am running is computationally expensive and mathematically
orientated. It is expected to run for a few months (I am a few days in).
I found out today that I forgot to comment out the "import pdb" while
debugging, and now I am wondering if there would be a performance
benefit worth restarting the execution with pdb unloaded.
I have tried testing this with a simple sum executable, but I don't see
a clear difference with short execution times (<5 mins). Before I
investigate further, I thought I would ask and see if anyone knows the
answer already.
Many thanks!
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