Message 130112 - Python tracker

Message130112

Author	loewis
Recipients	loewis, socketpair
Date	2011-03-05.10:45:23
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> Big dirs are really slow to read at once. Do you a proof for that claim? How big, and how really slow? > for i in os.listdir() > use(i) Also, how long does use(i) take, and what reduction (in percent) can you gain from listdir iterating? In short, I'm skeptical that there is an actual problem to be solved here.

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> Big dirs are really slow to read at once. 

Do you a proof for that claim? How big, and how really slow?

> for i in os.listdir()
>     use(i)

Also, how long does use(i) take, and what reduction (in percent)
can you gain from listdir iterating?

In short, I'm skeptical that there is an actual problem to be solved here.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2011-03-05 10:45:23	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, socketpair
2011-03-05 10:45:23	loewis	link	issue11406 messages
2011-03-05 10:45:23	loewis	create