Re: [Python-Dev] [GSoC] Developing a benchmark suite (for Python 3.x)

2011-04-07 Thread Anthony Scopatz
Hi Daniel, Thanks for putting this together. I am a huge supporter of benchmarking efforts. My brief comment is below. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM, DasIch wrote: > > 1. Definition of the benchmark suite. This will entail contacting > developers of Python implementations (CPython, PyPy, Ir

Re: [Python-Dev] [GSoC] Developing a benchmark suite (for Python 3.x)

2011-04-07 Thread Anthony Scopatz
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > On 07/04/2011 22:41, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > >> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:32:24 -0400 >> Tres Seaver wrote: >> >>> Right now, we are talking about building "speed.python.org" to test the speed of python interpreters, over time, and alongsid

Re: [Python-Dev] [GSoC] Developing a benchmark suite (for Python 3.x)

2011-04-07 Thread Anthony Scopatz
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > > *some* good benchmarks in place (and the pypy ones are good ones). > Agreed. The PyPy ones are good. > > So I'm still with Jesse on this one. If there is any "discussion phase" as > part of the Gsoc project it should be very strictly boun

Re: [Python-Dev] [GSoC] Developing a benchmark suite (for Python 3.x)

2011-04-07 Thread Anthony Scopatz
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Jesse Noller wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Michael Foord > wrote: > > On 08/04/2011 00:36, Anthony Scopatz wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Michael Foord > > > wrote: > >> > >> On 07/

Re: [Python-Dev] [GSoC] Developing a benchmark suite (for Python 3.x)

2011-04-08 Thread Anthony Scopatz
> > > > > > > >> and will you complain if we don't provide a custom cython > >> hacks? (like providing extra type information) > > > > I don't consider providing extra type information a hack. Remember that > they > > are only used for additional speed-ups in cases where the author is > smarter > >