> One optimization that could be done to the existing Python longobject > code is to allow it to use larger digits. Currently it is hardcoded > to use 15bit digits. > > The most common desktop+server CPUs in the world (x86) all support > efficient 32bit*32bit -> 64bit multiply so there is no good reason to > limit python itself to 15bit digits when on either x86 or x86_64.
Perhaps Tim Peters should also comment here - but if you can come up with a patch that does that in a portable way, I would be in favor. The challenge, ISTM, is to make it still compile on all systems (regardless of how inefficient it might be on minor platforms). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
