Why is this slower?

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On Oct 5, 12:46 pm, Joseph Reagle <rea... at mit.edu> wrote:
> I would think the commented code would be faster (fewer loops), but it is
> not (because of function calls).
>
>     #Average user_time = 5.9975 over 4 iterations
>     inSRC = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values()])
>     inEB = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.eb_title])
>     inWP = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_title])
>     inBoth = inEB & inWP
>     missingEB = inSRC - inEB
>     missingWP = inSRC - inWP
>     missingBoth = missingEB & missingWP
>     avg_size_ratio = find_average(
>         [bio.wp_ratio for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_wc and bio.eb_wc])
>     mdn_size_ratio = find_median(
>         [bio.wp_ratio for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_wc and bio.eb_wc])
>     SRCfem = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.gender
> == 'female'])
>     EBfem = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.eb_gender
> == 'female'])
>     WPfem = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_gender
> == 'female'])
>     SRCmale = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.gender
> == 'male'])
>     EBmale = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.eb_gender
> == 'male'])
>     WPmale = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_gender
> == 'male'])
>     SRCun = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.gender
> == 'unknown'])
>     EBun = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.eb_gender
> == 'unknown'])
>     WPun = set([bio.name for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_gender
> == 'unknown'])
>
>     ##Average user_time = 6.0025 over 4 iterations
>     #def set_amend(obj, bio):
>         #if obj == None:
>             #obj = set([])
>         #obj.add(bio.name)
>         #return obj
>
>     #inSRC = set([])
>     #inSRC = set([])
>     #inEB = set([])
>     #inWP = set([])
>     #SRCfem = set([])
>     #EBfem = set([])
>     #WPfem = set([])
>     #SRCmale = set([])
>     #EBmale = set([])
>     #WPmale = set([])
>     #SRCun = set([])
>     #EBun = set([])
>     #WPun = set([])
>
>     #for bio in bios.values():
>         ### use a function that takes set name (creates one) and conditional
>         #inSRC = set_amend(inSRC, bio)
>         #if bio.eb_title: inEB = set_amend(inEB, bio)
>         #if bio.wp_title: inWP = set_amend(inWP, bio)
>         #if bio.gender == 'female': SRCfem = set_amend(SRCfem, bio)
>         #if bio.eb_gender == 'female': EBfem = set_amend(EBfem, bio)
>         #if bio.wp_gender == 'female': WPfem = set_amend(WPfem,bio)
>         #if bio.gender == 'male': SRCmale = set_amend(SRCmale, bio)
>         #if bio.eb_gender == 'male': EBmale = set_amend(EBmale, bio)
>         #if bio.wp_gender == 'male': WPmale = set_amend(WPmale, bio)
>         #if bio.gender == 'unknown': SRCun = set_amend(SRCun, bio)
>         #if bio.eb_gender == 'unknown': EBun = set_amend(EBun, bio)
>         #if bio.wp_gender == 'unknown': WPun = set_amend(WPun, bio)
>     #inBoth = inEB & inWP
>     #missingEB = inSRC - inEB
>     #missingWP = inSRC - inWP
>     #missingBoth = missingEB & missingWP
>     #avg_size_ratio = find_average(
>         #[bio.wp_ratio for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_wc and bio.eb_wc])
>     #mdn_size_ratio = find_median(
>         #[bio.wp_ratio for bio in bios.values() if bio.wp_wc and bio.eb_wc])

Not only are you doing many function calls but you are assigning 12
objects each time. Why not do this?

for bio in bios.values():
         inSRC.add(bio)
         if bio.eb_title: inEB.add(bio)
         if bio.wp_title: inWP.add(bio)
         if bio.gender == 'female': SRCfem.add(bio)
         if bio.eb_gender == 'female': EBfem.add(bio)
         if bio.wp_gender == 'female': WPfem.add(bio)
         if bio.gender == 'male': SRCmale.add(bio)
         if bio.eb_gender == 'male': EBmale.add(bio)
         if bio.wp_gender == 'male': WPmale.add(bio)
         if bio.gender == 'unknown': SRCun.add(bio)
         if bio.eb_gender == 'unknown': EBun.add(bio)
         if bio.wp_gender == 'unknown': WPun.add(bio)