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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Jesse,<BR>
<BR>
Python-launcher is in the roadmap, as I've said in PyMaemo's release email.<BR>
I'm planing to have a test version next week.<BR>
<BR>
Regards,<BR>
Luciano<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: maemo-developers-bounces@maemo.org on behalf of ext Jesse Guardiani<BR>
Sent: Fri 16-Nov-07 13:30<BR>
To: Maemo Developers<BR>
Subject: Re: python startup time<BR>
<BR>
See this from the OLPC project:<BR>
<A HREF="http://blogs.gnome.org/johan/2007/01/18/introducing-python-launcher/">http://blogs.gnome.org/johan/2007/01/18/introducing-python-launcher/</A><BR>
<BR>
python-launcher is a daemon that caches GTK imports. kinda like mod_python<BR>
for GTK. Maybe we should add this to maemo and give it a control panel<BR>
applet or something?<BR>
<BR>
It would make GTK Python apps usable from a startup time perspective.<BR>
<BR>
On 11/10/07, Martin Grimme <martin.grimme@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
><BR>
> Hi,<BR>
><BR>
> if you are importing lots of modules, you can get the startup time down by<BR>
> not importing the modules at the top of a file, but at the place where you<BR>
> need it in a function.<BR>
> Note that modules are loaded only once, so subsequent import commands will<BR>
> have no effect.<BR>
><BR>
> Example:<BR>
> instead of this:<BR>
><BR>
> import os<BR>
><BR>
> def foo():<BR>
> print os.listdir()<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> you can write this:<BR>
><BR>
> def foo():<BR>
> import os<BR>
> print os.listdir()<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Cheers,<BR>
> Martin<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> 2007/11/9, Jesse Guardiani <jesse@guardiani.us>:<BR>
> ><BR>
> > Hello,<BR>
> ><BR>
> > Is there anything that can be done about python startup time?<BR>
> > I recently wrote a very simple little pygtk + glade application that is<BR>
> > less than 110 lines of code and it takes between 5 and 9 seconds to start<BR>
> > up.<BR>
> > <A HREF="http://www.guardiani.us/projects/tip_calc/browser/trunk/src/tip_calc/tip_calc.py">http://www.guardiani.us/projects/tip_calc/browser/trunk/src/tip_calc/tip_calc.py</A><BR>
> ><BR>
> > Any way to get that startup time down?<BR>
> ><BR>
> ><BR>
> > --<BR>
> > Jesse Guardiani<BR>
> > Software Developer / Sys Admin<BR>
> > jesse@guardiani.us<BR>
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--<BR>
Jesse Guardiani<BR>
Software Developer / Sys Admin<BR>
jesse@guardiani.us<BR>
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