Home Original page

[Python-Dev] Embedded Python startup is slow

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Fri Mar 25 03:40:40 CET 2011 
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:20:34 +0100, Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
> Since this topic has come up a few times before, I thought it might be time to 
> collect references to it as well as to other topics that people doing 
> embedded work might be interested in, along with the recurring problems that 
> seem to get solved, probably all too frequently from scratch, outside the 
> CPython development scene. (Just looking at an average cross-compilation 
> issue in the tracker is likely to fill you with despair if you're waiting for 
> a resolution in the official releases, unfortunately.)

Personally I think it would be a good thing for CPython to better support
both embedded systems and cross compilation in general.  I think that
many improvements that would make it better for embedded use would
also make it better for general use (such as improved startup time).
I also think we have a dearth of active core committers with experience
in cross compilation.

Paul, if this is a particular itch/knowledge area for you, maybe you
could do some spade work on the relevant issues, and see if we can get
some movement on them?  If we can get some good patches accepted from
one or more people with interest in this area, maybe we can get some
people with relevant knowledge onto the development team.

--
R. David Murray           http://www.bitdance.com
More information about the Python-Dev mailing list