psyco

Psyco x64?

Is there a way to get the same sort of speedup on x64 architecture as you can get from psyco on 32 bit processors? ...

Why not always use psyco for Python code?

psyco seems to be quite helpful in optimizing Python code, and it does it in a very non-intrusive way. Therefore, one has to wonder. Assuming you're always on a x86 architecture (which is where most apps run these days), why not just always use psyco for all Python code? Does it make mistakes sometimes and ruins the correctness of the ...

Porting a Python app that uses Psyco to Mac

I'm trying to port my Python app from Windows to Mac. My app uses Psyco. How exactly do I install Psyco on Mac? Keep in mind I'm a Mac newbie. ...

What are the risks (if any) of mixing Psyco into my project?

I work on a large financial pricing application in which some long running calculations. We have identified some functions which can be sped up by the selective application of psyco. My management have requested an assessment of the costs & benefits of adding psyco into our stack. Given the critical nature of my project, it's not acce...

Why does Psyco use a lot of memory?

Psyco is a specialising compiler for Python. The documentation states Psyco can and will use large amounts of memory. What are the main reasons for this memory usage? Is substantial memory overhead a feature of JIT compilers in general? Edit: Thanks for the answers so far. There are three likely contenders. Writing multiple spec...

Does using Psyco with django make any sense ?

I know the benefits of Psyco for a Desktop app, but in a Web app where a process ( = a web page or an AJAX call) dies immediately after been fired, isn't it pointless ? ...

psyco complains about unsupported opcode 54, what is it?

The Psyco log output look like this: 21:08:47.56 Logging started, 10/29/09 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 21:08:47.56 unsupported opcode 54 at create_l0:124 % % 21:08:47.56 unsupported opcode 54 at create_lx:228 % % the lines in question class File: def __init__(self, path, head...

What are the possible pitfalls in porting Psyco to 64-bit?

The Psyco docs say: Just for reference, Psyco does not work on any 64-bit systems at all. This fact is worth being noted again, now that the latest Mac OS/X 10.6 "Snow Leopart" comes with a default Python that is 64-bit on 64-bit machines. The only way to use Psyco on OS/X 10.6 is by recompiling a custom Python in 32-...

Strange error installing Psyco in Python

I have installed psyco in one machine with no problem, but i'm getting an strange error while installing in one other machine. I'm not able to use easy_install, since it gives me an error: C:\Python26\Downloads\psyco-1.6>easy_install psyco Searching for psyco Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/psyco/ Reading http://psyco.sourceforge....

how to improve the performance??

i had prepared a project on making a software application. It is complete and working fine except that the speed of execution is very slow..i have taken several chunks of code and optimized it.. i tried psyco..ie i installed psyco and added two lines on the top of my code import psyco psyco.full() Don't know whether this is the way usi...