"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Eg:
>> a = 1 + 2
>> .vs.
>> a = 3
>> which one is more effective? Does the compiler calculate the result at
>> compile time? How about constant spreading?
>
> Algebraic optimizations aren't done AFAIK
Just try it:
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 5 2007, 13:36:32)
[GCC 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)] on linux2
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>>> dis.dis(lambda: 10+5)
1 0 LOAD_CONST 2 (15)
3 RETURN_VALUE
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