Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'say,': 0.05; 'sys': 0.07; '%s"': 0.09; 'executed': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'windows': 0.15; '(about': 0.16; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'obviously': 0.18; 'import': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'url:home': 0.24; 'fairly': 0.24; 'pass': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'quickly': 0.29; '(maybe': 0.31; 'skip:c 30': 0.32; 'fri,': 0.33; 'core': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'in:': 0.36; 'skip:> 10': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'seconds': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'took': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'more': 0.64; 'feelings': 0.91; 'received:108': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: print statements and profiling a function slowed performance Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:41:02 -0400 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-108-79-220-208.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 44 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1403962872 news.xs4all.nl 2926 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53829 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73704 On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:06:54 +1000, Chris Angelico declaimed the following: > >If x is, say, range(1000000), a simple "for foo in x: pass" will >complete fairly quickly (maybe 100ms on my computer), while the >progress-indicated loop will take much longer (about 30 seconds when I >tried it). Obviously you'll be doing more work than just "pass", but I take it those are subjective feelings of time... C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>script1.py Executed in: 0.0352086402164 Executed in: 57.0624450629 C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>type script1.py import sys import time # Python 2.7, Windows 7-64, Core i7-3770 3.4GHz, 12GB x = range(1000000) start = time.clock() for i in x: pass took = time.clock() - start print "Executed in: %s" % (took) start = time.clock() for i in x: sys.stdout.write("%s\r" % i) took = time.clock() - start print "Executed in: %s" % (took) C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents> 35mSec vs 57Sec -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/