Strange Execution Times

[Fredrik Lundh]

<curi42 at gmail.com> wrote:

>I am running two functions in a row that do the same thing.  One runs
> in .14 seconds, the other 56.  I'm confused.  I wrote another version
> of the program and couldn't get the slow behavior again, only the fast.
> I'm not sure what is causing it.  Can anyone figure it out?

it would be a lot easier to help if you posted a self-contained example.

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