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Performance: write some short notes about numba

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Description

  • When it is useful
    *Typical things you might have to change in your code (i.e. nested mutable types, non-vectorised operations)
  • Debugging (including that environment variable which breaks numba lists)

Probably best done by Seb

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Research direction

Use the three requested topics as the outline: when numba is useful, code changes such as nested mutable types and non-vectorised operations, and debugging including the environment variable affecting numba lists. Review the documentation repository for the appropriate location, and consider the notes complete when each topic is covered clearly with short, practical guidance.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation, performance
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
Half a day
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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