Re: [pygame] Py C/API - Using METH_O vs METH_VARARGS

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Campbell Barton wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
[snip]
> > I checked the online Python documents and METH_O is present in Python 2.2.
> > That is the earliest Python version with current Pygame development, on the
> > Nokia S60. I personally was going to do a timing test to see if METH_O made
> > a significant performance difference. If not then it is not worth the bother
> > making the changes for ascetic reasons alone.
> >
> > --
> > Lenard Lindstrom
> > <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >     
>
> From a loop of 10,000,000, heres my timings
>
> pass 1.85659885406
> METH_NOARGS 3.24079704285
> METH_O 3.66321516037
> METH_VARARGS 6.09881997108
> METH_KEYWORDS 6.037307024
> METH_KEYWORDS (as keyword) 10.9263861179
>
> ------- Python Script, (used blender module for testing)
>
>   
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Okay, I am in agreement. It may not make much difference in 
computationally heavy functions, but it can't hurt to make the switch to 
METH_O.

--
Lenard Lindstrom
<len-l@xxxxxxxxx>