[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Duncan Booth:
>> I tried to measure this with timeit, and it looks like the 'del' is
>> actually quite a bit faster (which I find suprising).
>
> Yes, it was usually faster in my benchmarks too. Something similar is
> true for dicts too. I think such timings are influen
Duncan Booth:
> I tried to measure this with timeit, and it looks like the 'del' is
> actually quite a bit faster (which I find suprising).
Yes, it was usually faster in my benchmarks too. Something similar is
true for dicts too. I think such timings are influenced a lot by the
garbage collector.
Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
>
>> To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
>> Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
>
> The latter creates a new list object, the former modifies an existing
> list in place.
>
> The latter is s
On Jan 8, 7:34 am, "Giampaolo Rodola'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering...
> To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
> Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
To empty an existing list without replacing it, the choices
are "del mylist[:]" and "mylist[:] = [
On 8 Gen, 16:45, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
> > To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
> > Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
>
> The latter creates a new list object, the former modifies an existing
> list in place.
>
> The
> To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
> Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
It depends on what you want. The former modifies the list
in-place while the latter just reassigns the name "mylist" to
point to a new list within the local scope as demonstrated by thi
Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
> To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
> Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
The latter creates a new list object, the former modifies an existing
list in place.
The latter is shorter, reads better, and is probably a bit faster in
mos
I was wondering...
To flush a list it is better doing "del mylist[:]" or "mylist = []"?
Is there a preferred way? If yes, why?
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