[Python-checkins] r45805 - peps/trunk/pep-0291.txt

Sat Apr 29 14:21:14 CEST 2006

Author: marc-andre.lemburg
Date: Sat Apr 29 14:21:13 2006
New Revision: 45805
Modified:
 peps/trunk/pep-0291.txt
Log:
Add note regarding pybench benchmark.
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0291.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0291.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0291.txt	Sat Apr 29 14:21:13 2006
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 	 decorators, int/long unification, set/frozenset,
 		 reversed(), sorted(), "".rsplit()
 
+ 2.4 ???
+
 
 Backward Compatible Packages, Modules, and Tools
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
 Just van Rossum
 pkgutil Phillip Eby 2.3
 platform Marc-Andre Lemburg 1.5.2
+ pybench Marc-Andre Lemburg 1.5.2 [3]
 sre Fredrik Lundh 2.1
 subprocess Peter Astrand 2.2
 xml (PyXML) Martin v. Loewis 2.0
@@ -116,6 +119,12 @@
 The decision will be revisited for Python 2.5 and not changed
 unless compelling advantages arise.
 
+ [3] pybench lives under the Tools/ directory. Compatibility with
+ older Python version is needed in order to be able to compare
+ performance between Python versions. New features may still
+ be used in new tests, which may then be configured to fail 
+ gracefully on import by the tool in older Python versions.
+
 
 Copyright
 
