Python High Performance - Second Edition

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "To summarize, we will implement a method called ParticleSimulator.evolve_numpy and benchmark it against the pure Python version, renamed as ParticleSimulator.evolve_python"

A block of code is set as follows:

    def square(x):    return x * x    inputs = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]    outputs = pool.map(square, inputs)

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines ...