Re:Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote
by edanm on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @09:40AM
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Good points.
What about multi-threading? Isn't it possible that another thread entirely reassigns "chr" to something different, while the for loop is running?
Obviously this would only happen in a pathological program written purely for perpetrating evil on unsuspecting programmers :) But seriously, it's possible, and it's the kind of thing optimizing compilers have to take into consideration.
What about multi-threading? Isn't it possible that another thread entirely reassigns "chr" to something different, while the for loop is running?
Obviously this would only happen in a pathological program written purely for perpetrating evil on unsuspecting programmers :) But seriously, it's possible, and it's the kind of thing optimizing compilers have to take into consideration.