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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2006-05-26 18:03:31 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2006-05-26 18:03:31 (GMT) |
| commit | f4ef11659cda2ef0d56df499525818a132e6836a (patch) | |
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Need for speed: Patch #921466 : sys.path_importer_cache is now used to cache valid and
invalid file paths for the built-in import machinery which leads to
fewer open calls on startup.
Also fix issue with PEP 302 style import hooks which lead to more open()
calls than necessary.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 3? Core and builtins ----------------- +- Patch #921466: sys.path_importer_cache is now used to cache valid and + invalid file paths for the built-in import machinery which leads to + fewer open calls on startup. + - Patch #1442927: ``long(str, base)`` is now up to 6x faster for non-power- of-2 bases. The largest speedup is for inputs with about 1000 decimal digits. Conversion from non-power-of-2 bases remains quadratic-time in |