Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: I'm going to close this: it's a really nice idea, but after the 30-bit long digits were implemented, the speedup doesn't seem to be worth the extra code complication.
The only situation I've found where this optimization really does make a big difference is when using 60-bit digits, but allowing those in Python would take a bit more work (essentially because it requires using some inline assembler to get at the CPU widening multiply and 128-bit-by-64-bit division instructions). ---------- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3944> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
