[ZODB-Dev] Re: What makes the ZODB slow?

[Chris Withers]

Florent Guillaume wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote:
>> Florent Guillaume wrote:
>>> I can comment, I have a big brain too: the code in the catalog uses 
>>> per-connection series of keys, so no conflicts arise.
>>
>> Really? I thought they were per-thread... wasn't aware that each 
>> thread was tied to one connection indefinitely... I thought the 
>> connections were pooled and assigned to threads on an ad-hoc basis?
> 
> The series of keys are stored in a _v_ attribute which is 
> per-connection. And a connection is never used by more that one thread 
> at a time.

Yep, I think you're right, I'd be happier still if one of the authors of 
that code piped up in agreement ;-)

Chris

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