Re: [Pysdl-devel] New PyAliens??

[Pete S. <pe...@sh...>]

> Did anybody try to use Python2C ( http://www.mudlib.org/~rassilon/p2c/ )
> to squeeze that extra ounce of performance?

i haven't tried python2c just yet. i've done a couple things
here and there to see if i could get a 'free' performance boost.
while it might help some, i doubt python2c would show much
of a real performance help. you're likely better off trying
to find a better algorithm.
nonetheless, i am curious, if someone has the time to do
some quick benchmarking with and without python2c i'd love
to see the results.

awhile ago i tried seeing if stackless python would make any
difference with pysdl performance. the results were almost
identical. maybe a 1 fps improvement in a couple cases, but
nothing to get excited about (or even bother switching)

i would guess there would be some benefit from Michael
Hudson's bytecode hacks (inlining functions, etc) but
they seem pretty technical and unproven. nonetheless, some
day i'd like to see what's possible by playing with it.