[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: The part which is replaced by that patch (the readline() method in IMAP4_SSL) doesn't exist anymore in current imaplib code. Instead the file-like object created by socket.makefile() is used; its readline() method is probably quite faster than any pure Python

[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

Aaron Kaplan added the comment: Let me clarify. Offlineimap used to ship a modified version of imaplib in its distribution, but eventually the author decided he no longer wanted to maintain his imaplib fork, so he dropped it and went with stock imaplib (at a significant performance penalty).

[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

Sandro Tosi added the comment: Sean, could you please explain a bit more what are your concerns about this patch? Anyhow, the code has slightly changed and currently John is not maintaining offlineimap anymore, but what seems the most recent version can be found at: https://github.com/nicola

[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

Changes by anatoly techtonik : -- components: +Library (Lib) type: resource usage -> performance versions: +Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

Sean Reifschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: This patch buffers data inside imaplib, so if anything else wants to use the socket it may generate surprises. Piers? -- assignee: -> pierslauder keywords: +patch nosy: +jafo priority: -> normal ___

[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

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[issue2228] Imaplib speedup patch

New submission from Aaron Kaplan: In some versions of John Goergen's program offlineimap, he includes a copy of imaplib.py with the attached changes. It results in a speedup of more than 50% compared to using the stock imaplib.py. -- files: imaplib-patch messages: 63237 nosy: aaronkapla