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Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len() (blog.codingconfessions.com)

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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could have tripped, knocked over my keyboard, cried for 13 straight minutes on the floor, picked my keyboard back up, accidentally hit the enter key making a graph and it would have made more sense than this thing.

-2x faster. What does that even mean?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There's probably an "import * from relativity" in there somewhere.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

From that little image, they're happy it takes a tenth of a fucking second to check if a list is empty?

What kind of dorito chip is that code even running on?

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