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michaelmior on Feb 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Python Runs Slow, Part 1: Data Structures

Curious if you included ctypes.Structure in your benchmark.

NigelTufnel on Feb 13, 2014 [–]

I just did. And either a) I'm doing something terribly wrong or b) ctypes.Structure is slower than Python class with __slots__.

I would bet on a) - I've never worked with ctypes before.

EDIT: I bet on a) and I was wrong: ctypes offers no speed advantage.

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