Speeding up the python “import” loader

Question

I\'m getting seriously frustrated at how slow python startup is. Just importing more or less basic modules takes a second, since python runs down the sys.path looking for m

Answer 1

The first things that come to mind are:

• Try a smaller path
• Make sure your modules are pyc's so they'll load faster
• Make sure you don't double import, or import too much

Other than that, are you sure that the disk operations are what's bogging you down? Is your disk/operating system really busy or old and slow?

Maybe a defrag is in order?