Python performance

Apparently the latest versions of Python include compile time options to
make the interpreter use an internal, faster, memory allocator. This avoids
the bottleneck often encountered in calling malloc() all the time, since
Python code is constantly creating and destroying structures.

Does anyone know whether or not the Familiar python distribution is compiled
with this flag?

Oh, and can the pygtk bits be removed from the python package, since they're
already in the pygtk package? (Or is there a reason they're in both?)

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall

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