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Jason Novinger@programming.devM to Python@programming.dev · 16 days ago

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

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

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Jason Novinger@programming.devM to Python@programming.dev · 16 days ago
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Discover why 'if not mylist' is twice as fast as 'len(mylist) == 0' by examining CPython's VM instructions and object memory access patterns.
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    15 days ago

    lol this whole article and this thread is a bunch of bikeshedding I haven’t had the privilege of enduring in some weeks.

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