# HG changeset patch
# User fschwarz
# Date 1300600871 0
# Node ID 423bb50cb8af05bd013cd52fd67a4d11d6f203f0
# Parent  59db0f962e000e8fa07f3a1530c317782f92e823
use cPickle instead of pickle for better performance (fixes #225)

import_cldr on my system was about 20% faster with this patch (13.9 sec vs. 16.9 sec)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  * Fix so frontend.CommandLineInterface.run does not accumulate logging 
    handlers (#227, reported with initial patch by dfraser)
  * Fix exception if environment contains an invalid locale setting (#200)
+ * use cPickle instead of pickle for better performance (#225)
 
 
 Version 0.9.6
diff --git a/babel/core.py b/babel/core.py
--- a/babel/core.py
+++ b/babel/core.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 """Core locale representation and locale data access."""
 
 import os
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 
 from babel import localedata
 
diff --git a/babel/localedata.py b/babel/localedata.py
--- a/babel/localedata.py
+++ b/babel/localedata.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 try:
     import threading
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/scripts/dump_global.py b/scripts/dump_global.py
--- a/scripts/dump_global.py
+++ b/scripts/dump_global.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # individuals. For the exact contribution history, see the revision
 # history and logs, available at http://babel.edgewall.org/log/.
 
+import cPickle as pickle
 import os
-import pickle
 from pprint import pprint
 import sys
 
diff --git a/scripts/import_cldr.py b/scripts/import_cldr.py
--- a/scripts/import_cldr.py
+++ b/scripts/import_cldr.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 # individuals. For the exact contribution history, see the revision
 # history and logs, available at http://babel.edgewall.org/log/.
 
+import cPickle as pickle
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import os
-import pickle
 import re
 import sys
 try: