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59 | Here are two example sessions (one using the command line, one using | |
60 | the module interface) that compare the cost of using | |
61 | <tt class="function">hasattr()</tt> vs. <tt class="keyword">try</tt>/<tt class="keyword">except</tt> to test for | |
62 | missing and present object attributes. | |
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65 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> | |
66 | % timeit.py 'try:' ' str.__nonzero__' 'except AttributeError:' ' pass' | |
67 | 100000 loops, best of 3: 15.7 usec per loop | |
68 | % timeit.py 'if hasattr(str, "__nonzero__"): pass' | |
69 | 100000 loops, best of 3: 4.26 usec per loop | |
70 | % timeit.py 'try:' ' int.__nonzero__' 'except AttributeError:' ' pass' | |
71 | 1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.43 usec per loop | |
72 | % timeit.py 'if hasattr(int, "__nonzero__"): pass' | |
73 | 100000 loops, best of 3: 2.23 usec per loop | |
74 | </pre></div> | |
75 | ||
76 | <P> | |
77 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> | |
78 | >>> import timeit | |
79 | >>> s = """\ | |
80 | ... try: | |
81 | ... str.__nonzero__ | |
82 | ... except AttributeError: | |
83 | ... pass | |
84 | ... """ | |
85 | >>> t = timeit.Timer(stmt=s) | |
86 | >>> print "%.2f usec/pass" % (1000000 * t.timeit(number=100000)/100000) | |
87 | 17.09 usec/pass | |
88 | >>> s = """\ | |
89 | ... if hasattr(str, '__nonzero__'): pass | |
90 | ... """ | |
91 | >>> t = timeit.Timer(stmt=s) | |
92 | >>> print "%.2f usec/pass" % (1000000 * t.timeit(number=100000)/100000) | |
93 | 4.85 usec/pass | |
94 | >>> s = """\ | |
95 | ... try: | |
96 | ... int.__nonzero__ | |
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98 | ... pass | |
99 | ... """ | |
100 | >>> t = timeit.Timer(stmt=s) | |
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102 | 1.97 usec/pass | |
103 | >>> s = """\ | |
104 | ... if hasattr(int, '__nonzero__'): pass | |
105 | ... """ | |
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107 | >>> print "%.2f usec/pass" % (1000000 * t.timeit(number=100000)/100000) | |
108 | 3.15 usec/pass | |
109 | </pre></div> | |
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112 | To give the <tt class="module">timeit</tt> module access to functions you | |
113 | define, you can pass a <code>setup</code> parameter which contains an import | |
114 | statement: | |
115 | ||
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117 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> | |
118 | def test(): | |
119 | "Stupid test function" | |
120 | L = [] | |
121 | for i in range(100): | |
122 | L.append(i) | |
123 | ||
124 | if __name__=='__main__': | |
125 | from timeit import Timer | |
126 | t = Timer("test()", "from __main__ import test") | |
127 | print t.timeit() | |
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