[Tutor] Astonishing timing result

[Marilyn Davis]

On Tue, June 24, 2008 10:16 pm, Dick Moores wrote:

> At 07:00 PM 6/24/2008, Marilyn Davis wrote:
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>> Has anyone ever timed the difference between using a function that was
>> imported with:
>>
>> from my_module import MyFunction
>>
>> and:
>>
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>> import my_module
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> Here are 2 comparisons: <http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f53ab3769>,
> and  <http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f68346b28>
>
> I don't see a significant difference.

Good.  Thank you.

I'm attaching another astonishing timing result, also wrong.

It's probably always true that if a timing result is astonishing, there's
a mistake somewhere, maybe in your thinking.

This one compares using os.popen, os.listdir, and subprocess.Popen.

Marilyn Davis


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