Re: Loading dynamic docstrings and bytecode more lazily

[Lluís <xscript@gmx.net>]

Stefan Monnier writes:
[...]
> Sadly, the result is disappointing.  When loading cl-macs.elc (i.e. one
> the files where the change should shine), I see a speed up of 4%.
> Admittedly, this is with a warm cache (basically, I read cl-macs.elc
> many times in a loop), whereas the main point of this optimization is to
> reduce I/O, so it should be more useful in the cold cache situation.
> So maybe, the improvement is more significant in other circumstances.

In Linux you can force the system to empty the disk cache with:

       sync ; sudo sh -c 'echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches'


Startup time should also serve as an indicator (provided all files are
recompiled).


Lluis

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