5.12 General Efficiency Hints

   

This section is a summary of various implementation costs and ways to get around them. These hints are relatively unrelated to the use of the Python compiler, and probably also apply to most other Common Lisp implementations. In each section, there are references to related in-depth discussion.

 
• 5.12.1 Compile Your Code
• 5.12.2 Avoid Unnecessary Consing
• 5.12.3 Complex Argument Syntax
• 5.12.4 Mapping and Iteration
• 5.12.5 Trace Files and Disassembly