[reportlab-users] Patch to platypus/tables.py

[Robin Becker]

On 05/02/2010 15:50, Tomasz Świderski wrote:

> Sorry for this attachment. It was my first time, I used mailing list.

> I'm used to PMs like Trac or Redmine :)



not your fault, I asked my colleague to forward just to me and saw the accepted 
selection when he did it. I think he needed to defer :(

>

> Of course I'm using LongTables in my PDF generation. But this does not

> help much. I'm attaching test script to show performance gains using my

> modifications. I created subclass of LongTable with my changes. This way

> you can test it on reportlab.2.4 without applying patch.

>


the speed is certainly much faster.


> WARNING. This script will generate a lot of pdfs in your working

> directory. It is simple for loop creating different size tables before

> and after optimization. This way you can compare performance gains

> depending of table size.

>

> Best regards,

> Tomasz Swiderski

......
OK I see no reason why the idea of the patch should be rejected; it certainly 
makes things faster and doesn't appear to break stuff. I'll try and get it in 
over the weekend.
-- 
Robin Becker