[Zope] slow python scripts

[Dieter Maurer]

D. Rick Anderson wrote at 2003-10-15 17:00 -0700:
 > I have a few python scripts that are parsing 4000+ record CSV files, and 
 > they are DOG slow. They take over 140 seconds to complete (that's an 
 > eternity to wait for a web page to load). What's driving me nuts is that 
 > the same code, in a straight python file, fires off and completes in 
 > under 2 seconds using the same CSV file. How can I speed up the Python 
 > script on my server? Are external methods faster?

External Methods are considerably faster as they do not make the
costly security checks on each attribute access.


Dieter