27 May
2008
27 May
'08
5:05 p.m.
Nick> $ ./python -m timeit "'' % ()" Nick> 1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.389 usec per loop vs. Nick> $ ./python -m timeit "'%s' % 'nothing'" Nick> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0736 usec per loop I think you need to use a tuple for the second case to make it comparable to the first. Skip