@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoPython Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()blog.codingconfessions.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down124
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoThere are decades of articles on c++ optimizations, that say “use empty() instead of size()”, which is same as here.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoexcept for c++ it was just to avoid a single function call, not extra indirection. also on modern compilers size() will get inlined and ultimate instructions generated by the compiler will likely be the same
There are decades of articles on c++ optimizations, that say “use empty() instead of size()”, which is same as here.
except for c++ it was just to avoid a single function call, not extra indirection. also on modern compilers size() will get inlined and ultimate instructions generated by the compiler will likely be the same