Michal Vitecek <fuf@mageo.cz> writes:
> i had a quick look at Objects/abstract.c in 2.2.2's source. almost
> every function there checks whether the objects it's passed are not
> NULL. if they are, SystemError exception occurs. since i've never come
> across such exception i've commented out those checks.
There are a number of bits of stupidly defensive programming in
Python... personally, I'd like to see the back of them.
> the resulting python binary did 6.5% more pystones on average (the
> numbers are below).
Wow! Can we persuade you to try CVS HEAD?
> my question is: are those checks really necessary
> in non-debug python build?
This is the tricky bit, of course. I don't think so, but it's hard to
be sure.
OTOH, it could be the easiest 5% speed up ever...
Cheers,
M.
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advancements since the invention of the pointer.
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