Re: A small fun Python puzzle

[Jeremy Kelley <jeremy () austin ibm com>]

The proprietor said to send this to the list.

-j

Quoting Dave Aitel (dave () immunityinc com):
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|> Jeremy Kelley wrote:
|> | btw, you're using the StringIO module to correct the problem, right?
|> | I forgot to mention that yesterday.
|> |
|> | -j
|> |
|> Nah, we just read in 1024 bytes of the file at a time ... makes life a 
lot
|> easier. :>
|>
|> - -dave
|
| I typed up an email saying how StringIO would be faster than multiple
| reads of a filehandle then decided to write a quick test.  I was wrong.
|
| My tests actually show that on avg, multiple reads from a file handle
| (on my laptop only) are approximately 5-15% faster for file sizes up to
| 32000000 bytes.  Then, they even out and StringIO becomes a little
| faster until the size of the file hits a certain size and my laptop ram
| fills up. At that point, StringIO is twice the time as reading from the
| file handle.
|
| So, in summary. I'm wrong about StringIO.  Yay for learning!
|
| That's my .02.  I'll let it die now. :)
|
| -j

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Jeremy Kelley <jeremy () austin ibm com>               Sr. Threat Analyst
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