Expand performance section of the guide
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Description
- Overhead of conversions (i.e.
PyListvsVecetc.) - String
intern! -
Vec<u8>becominglist[int](and thus being very slow), usage ofCow<[u8]>as an alternative -
#[pyo3(get)]deep-cloning non-Pydata - dictionary dispatch, i.e. look-up based on type object identity
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the guide's existing performance section and read the surrounding conversion and attribute documentation for PyList, Vec, String, Cow, and #[pyo3(get)]. Cover each unchecked topic in the issue, including conversion overhead, interning, Vec behavior, deep cloning, and dictionary dispatch, so the performance guidance is complete.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- documentation, performance
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100