Pyhon 2.x or 3.x, which is faster?

[alister]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:24:45 +0000, BartC wrote:

> On 11/03/2016 21:59, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 11/03/2016 18:57, BartC wrote:
> 
>> def test():
>>      s=""
>>      for i in range(10000000):
>>          s+="*"
>>      print (len(s))
>>
>> test()
> 
>> The minor snag that you might like to correct with your microbenchmark,
>> which any experienced Python programmer knows, is that you *NEVER,
>> EVER*
>> create strings like this.
> 
> Why not? Chris said his version runs much faster (even allowing for
> different machines), and might have a special optimisation for it.
> 
> And I think it can be optimised if, for example, there are no other
> references to the string that s refers to.
> 
> So what's wrong with trying to fix it rather that using a workaround?

because the "workarround" is not a workarround it is the correct way to 
do it
the code above is a workarround for somone who does not know the pythonic 
method to do this

S= "*"*10000000



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