On Jul 22, 2:43 pm, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote: > On 22/07/11 14:30, Frank Millman wrote: > > > > > > > This is what I get after modifying timeit.py as follows - > > > if args is None: > > args = sys.argv[1:] > > + print(args) > > > C:\>python -m timeit int(float('165.0')) > > ["int(float('165.0'))"] > > 100000 loops, best of 3: 3.43 usec per loop > > > C:\>python -m timeit int(float("165.0")) > > ['int(float(165.0))'] > > 1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.97 usec per loop > > > C:\>python -m timeit "int(float('165.0'))" > > ["int(float('165.0'))"] > > 100000 loops, best of 3: 3.45 usec per loop > > > It seems that the lesson is - > > > 1. Use double-quotes around the command itself - may not be necessary > > if the command does not contain spaces. > > 2. Use single-quotes for any literals in the command. > > What about 'int(float("165.0"))' (single quotes around the argument)? > Does that pass the single quotes around the argument to Python? Or does > it eliminate all quotes?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Here is the result - C:\>python -m timeit 'int(float("165.0"))' ["'int(float(165.0))'"] 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0891 usec per loop Frank -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list