Hi, There are 2 statements: A: a = ‘h’ B: b = ‘hh’
According to me understanding, A should be faster as characters would shortcut this 1-byte string ‘h’ without malloc; B should be slower than A as characters does not work for 2-byte string ‘hh’, 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 = ‘h’ #or b = ‘hh’ 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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list