On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:51 AM, Paul Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 October 2016 at 14:04, Elliot Gorokhovsky > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Right, that sounds good, but there's just one thing I don't understand >> that's keeping me from using it. Namely, I would define a benchmark list L >> in my setup, and then I would have code="F=FastList(L);F.fastsort()". The >> problem here is I'm measuring the constructor time along with the sort time, >> right, so wouldn't that mess up the benchmark? Or does timeit separate the >> times? > > That would mess up your times. Put F=FastList(L) in your setup.
But then you're resorting an already-sorted list, which may well have different timings (it certainly does in timsort). ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
