[Python-ideas] use multiprocessing in included compileall script

Daniel Holth

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Oct 1, 2012, 4:44:21 PM10/1/12

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As an option, compileall should use a multiprocessing Pool() to speed
up its work.
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Antoine Pitrou

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Oct 1, 2012, 4:51:23 PM10/1/12

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Hello Daniel,

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:44:21 -0400
Daniel Holth <dho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As an option, compileall should use a multiprocessing Pool() to speed
> up its work.

This kind of concrete proposal can be brought directly on the bug
tracker, no need to go through python-ideas.

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Antoine.

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Daniel Holth

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Oct 1, 2012, 4:54:50 PM10/1/12

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Steven D'Aprano

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Oct 1, 2012, 8:15:18 PM10/1/12

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On 02/10/12 06:44, Daniel Holth wrote:
> As an option, compileall should use a multiprocessing Pool() to speed
> up its work.

Sounds like overkill.

In my experience, very few ideas are so self-evident that they don't
need any explanation, and this is certainly not one of them. What is
your rationale for why compileall should use multiprocessing?

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