flatten a level one list

[Michael Spencer]

 > Robin Becker schrieb:
 >> Is there some smart/fast way to flatten a level one list using the
 >> latest iterator/generator idioms.
...

David Murmann wrote:
 > Some functions and timings
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Here are some more timings of David's functions, and a couple of additional 
contenders that time faster on my box  (I don't have psyco):

# From David Murman
from itertools import izip

xdata = range(1000)
ydata = range(1000)[::-1]

def flatten1(x, y):
     return [i for pair in izip(x, y) for i in pair]

def flatten2(x, y):
     return [i for pair in zip(x, y) for i in pair]

def flatten3(x, y):
     res = []
     for pair in izip(x, y):
         for i in pair:
             res.append(i)
     return res


# New attempts:
from itertools import imap
def flatten4(x, y):
     l = []
     list(imap(l.extend, izip(x, y)))
     return l


from Tkinter import _flatten
def flatten5(x, y):
     return list(_flatten(zip(x, y)))

flatten_funcs = [flatten1, flatten2, flatten3, flatten4, flatten5]

def testthem():
     flatten1res = flatten_funcs[0](xdata, ydata)
     for func in flatten_funcs:
         assert func(xdata, ydata) == flatten1res

def timethem():
     for func in flatten_funcs:
         print shell.timefunc(func, xdata, ydata)

  >>> testthem()
  >>> timethem()
  flatten1(...)  704 iterations, 0.71msec per call
  flatten2(...)  611 iterations, 0.82msec per call
  flatten3(...)  344 iterations, 1.46msec per call
  flatten4(...)  1286 iterations, 389.08usec per call
  flatten5(...)  1219 iterations, 410.24usec per call
  >>>

Michael