>>>>> "Haz" == MyHaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Haz> Teach me how to fish, where would i find out more about the
Haz> internal representations of data types in python
The source.
Experimentally you can use the timeit command to see how it performs:
% for i in 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 ; do
> timeit.py -s 'a = "a"*'$i' ; b = "b"*10' 'a += b'
> done
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
% for i in 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 ; do
> timeit.py -s 'a = "a"*10 ; b = "b"*'$i 'a += b'
> done
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.826 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.909 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.11 usec per loop
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.52 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 1.97 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.18 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 5.54 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 10.5 usec per loop
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