Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes:
>> Refcounting is susceptable to the same pauses for reasons already
>> discussed.
>
> Doesn’t seem to happen in the real world, though.
def f(n):
from time import time
a = [1] * n
t0 = time()
del a
t1 = time()
return t1 - t0
for i in range(9):
print i, f(10**i)
on my system prints:
0 2.86102294922e-06
1 2.14576721191e-06
2 3.09944152832e-06
3 1.00135803223e-05
4 0.000104904174805
5 0.00098991394043
6 0.00413608551025
7 0.037693977356
8 0.362598896027
Looks pretty linear as n gets large. 0.36 seconds (the last line) is a
noticable pause.
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