我做了几个测试,发现xrange()比range()快得多(这也得到了各种问题/答案的证实):>>> from timeit import timeit
>>> timeit(stmt = 'x = range(1000)', number = 10000)
0.38216601211680734
>>> timeit(stmt = 'x = xrange(1000)', number = 10000)
0.010537726631953959 # xrange is much faster than range
我很好奇,于是我又做了一个测试,看看list(xrange(1000))是否仍然比简单的range(1000)快:
^{pr2}$
更多电话也是如此:>>> timeit(stmt = 'x = range(1000)', number = 100000)
3.6457308233315757
>>> timeit(stmt = 'x = list(xrange(1000))', number = 100000)
5.722031755612818
所以,我的问题是,为什么list(xrange)比range本身慢得多?在
使用dis.dis(),我发现list(xrange)比range执行更多的计算:>>> dis.dis('x = list(xrange(1000))')
0 SETUP_LOOP 15648 (to 15651)
3 SLICE+2
4 IMPORT_NAME 29545 (29545)
7 LOAD_GLOBAL 30760 (30760)
10 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 28257
13 BUILD_LIST 10341
16 <49>
17 <48>
18 <48>
19 <48>
20 STORE_SLICE+1
21 STORE_SLICE+1
>>> dis.dis('x = range(1000)')
0 SETUP_LOOP 15648 (to 15651)
3 SLICE+2
4 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 28257
7 BUILD_LIST 10341
10 <49>
11 <48>
12 <48>
13 <48>
14 STORE_SLICE+1