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Re: [pygame] Pygame and Psyco

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Subject: Re: [pygame] Pygame and Psyco
From: Sami Hangaslammi <shang@cc.jyu.fi>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:53:50 +0300 (EEST)
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I too have been experimenting with psyco a lot lately. For intensive
number crunching (AI, pathfinding, line-of-sight etc.) it really does help
a lot. Makes writing an extension for speed-critical parts a much less 
attractive choice.

Some hints:

Psyco can optimize integer arithmetics a lot better than floating point. 
Replacing float calculations with fixed-point integer math can make a 
routine several times faster.

Also, there is a bug in the current (0.4.1)  release that causes psyco to
crash on some platforms when using Numeric. This is fixed in CVS.

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Sami Hangaslammi

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References:
- [pygame] Pygame and Psyco
  - From: Pete Shinners <shredwheat@attbi.com>

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