On 11/03/2016 21:59, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 11/03/2016 18:57, BartC wrote:

def test():
     s=""
     for i in range(10000000):
         s+="*"
     print (len(s))

test()

The minor snag that you might like to correct with your microbenchmark,
which any experienced Python programmer knows, is that you *NEVER, EVER*
create strings like this.

Why not? Chris said his version runs much faster (even allowing for different machines), and might have a special optimisation for it.

And I think it can be optimised if, for example, there are no other references to the string that s refers to.

So what's wrong with trying to fix it rather that using a workaround?

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Bartc

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