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authorSkip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>2002-09-03 20:19:06 +0000
committerSkip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>2002-09-03 20:19:06 +0000
commit99dba27e9a671693710128c0cfb5ed6686cda79b (patch)
tree9e7895a45a4421b13117454a3add7ff190e5bf29 /Python/ceval.c
parentd581d7792bc31e6249ee6ed20bc2a71f53f0d3bb (diff)
downloadcpython-git-99dba27e9a671693710128c0cfb5ed6686cda79b.tar.gz
Bump default check interval to 100 instructions. Computers are much faster
than when this interval was first established. Checking too frequently just adds needless overhead because most of the time there is nothing to do and no other threads ready to run.
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 8b3823a05d..6364c3f681 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ static int unpack_iterable(PyObject *, int, PyObject **);
/* for manipulating the thread switch and periodic "stuff" - used to be
per thread, now just a pair o' globals */
-int _Py_CheckInterval = 10;
-volatile int _Py_Ticker = 10;
+int _Py_CheckInterval = 100;
+volatile int _Py_Ticker = 100;
PyObject *
PyEval_EvalCode(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals)