I ran a few tests, with the following results:
1. Timing using the time module:
* Using for loop, src code:
import time
start = time.time()
for word in self.dictcontents:
self.potdomains.append(word + suffix1)
self.potdomains.append(word + suffix2)
end = time.time()
runtime = end - start
print "Using time(), for loop took %s s" % runtime
** I obtained the following results (using the full agid-4 dictionary,
~112K entries):
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), for loop took 0.132480859756 s
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), for loop took 0.143032073975 s
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), for loop took 0.135424137115 s
* Using generator, src code:
def suffixGen(self, words):
suffix1 = ".com"
suffix2 = ".net"
for word in words:
yield word + suffix1
yield word + suffix2
def domainify(self):
self.potdomains = []
words = self.dictcontents
import time
start = time.time()
self.potdomains = list(CheckDomains.suffixGen(self, words))
end = time.time()
runtime = end - start
print "Using time(), generator took %s s" % runtime
** I obtained the following results (using the full agid-4 dictionary,
~112K entries):
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), generator took 0.0830721855164 s
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), generator took 0.0818212032318 s
python domainspotter.py --file resources/agid-4/infl.txt
Using time(), generator took 0.0830278396606 s
This revealed that the generator seemed to be much faster, around 60% faster.
I then wanted to try both possibilities with the timeit module, but was unable
to get it working. I will start a new thread on that next, however, in case
anyone has any further thoughts on the for loop versus generator issue.
-Sam
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