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Author pitrou
Recipients asvetlov, christian.heimes, gregory.p.smith, jcea, mark.dickinson, neologix, pitrou, python-dev, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, skrah, tim.peters, vstinner
Date 2013-04-09.16:36:53
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> pybench and perf.py can be used to measure performances of the patch.
> The speedup may not be detected, but a slowdown would be detected at
> least.

The slowdown would only occur for specific, well-chosen patterns. Also it may make DoS attacks easier.
(remember the reason we randomized hashes is so that it's hard for attackers to find collisions)
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2013-04-09 16:36:54pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, tim.peters, rhettinger, gregory.p.smith, jcea, mark.dickinson, vstinner, christian.heimes, asvetlov, skrah, neologix, python-dev, serhiy.storchaka
2013-04-09 16:36:54pitrousetmessageid: <1365525414.23.0.946370058553.issue16427@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2013-04-09 16:36:54pitroulinkissue16427 messages
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