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Hi,

There are 2 statements:
A: a =3D =E2=80=98h=E2=80=99
B: b =3D =E2=80=98hh=E2=80=99

According to me understanding, A should be faster as characters would =
shortcut this 1-byte string =E2=80=98h=E2=80=99 without malloc; B should =
be slower than A as characters does not work for 2-byte string =E2=80=98hh=
=E2=80=99, which triggers the malloc. However, when I put A/B into a big =
loop and try to measure the performance using cProfile, B seems always =
faster than A.
Testing code:
for i in range(0, 100000000):
	a =3D =E2=80=98h=E2=80=99 #or b =3D =E2=80=98hh=E2=80=99
Testing cmd: python -m cProfile test.py

So what is wrong here? B has one more malloc than A but is faster than =
B?

Thanks,
Dave