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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:26:38 +0200
Subject: Re: percent faster than format()? (was: Re: optomizations)
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
<ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> wrote:
> Am 23.04.2013 06:00, schrieb Steven D'Aprano:
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>> If it comes down to micro-optimizations to shave a few microseconds off,
>> consider using string % formatting rather than the format method.
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> Why? I don't see any obvious difference between the two...
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$ python -m timeit "a = '{0} {1} {2}'.format(1, 2, 42)"
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.824 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit "a = '%s %s %s' % (1, 2, 42)"
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0286 usec per loop

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