Why list comprehension faster than for loop?

Sun May 9 04:29:27 EDT 2010

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM, gopi krishna <dasarathulagopi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Why list comprehension faster than for loop?
>
> Because Python optimises for certain special cases, when the number of
iterations is predicable in a list comprehension.

Cheers,
Xav
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