Re: Question about timeit

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Frank Millman, 22.07.2011 08:06:
> I mentioned in a recent post that I noticed an inconsistency in timeit, and
> then reported that I must have made a mistake.
>
> I have now identified my problem, but I don't understand it.
>
> C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py "int(float('165.0'))"
> 100000 loops, best of 3: 3.52 usec per loop
>
> C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py "int(float('165.0'))"
> 100000 loops, best of 3: 3.51 usec per loop
>
> C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py 'int(float("165.0"))'
> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0888 usec per loop
>
> C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py 'int(float("165.0"))'
> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0887 usec per loop
>
> I ran them both twice just to be sure.
>
> The first two use double-quote marks to surround the statement, and
> single-quote marks to surround the literal inside the statement.
>
> The second two swap the quote marks around.
>
> Can someone explain the difference?
>
> I am using python 3.2 on Windows Server 2003.

As expected, I can't reproduce this (on Linux). Maybe your processor 
switched from power save mode to performance mode right after running the 
test a second time? Or maybe you need a better console application that 
handles quotes in a more obvious way?

Note that it's common to run timeit like this: "python -m timeit".

Stefan

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Re: Question about timeit Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-07-22 08:37 +0200
  Re: Question about timeit Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2011-07-21 23:59 -0700
    Re: Question about timeit Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-22 10:08 +0200
      Re: Question about timeit Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-07-22 10:34 +0200
        Re: Question about timeit Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2011-07-22 05:30 -0700
          Re: Question about timeit Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-22 14:43 +0200
            Re: Question about timeit Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2011-07-22 23:30 -0700

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