How smart is the Python interpreter?

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

ssecorp wrote:
> def str_sort(string):
>   s = ""
>   for a in sorted(string):
>     s+=a
>   return s
> 
> 
> if i instead do:
> 
> def str_sort(string):
>   s = ""
>   so = sorted(string)
>   for a in so:
>     s+=a
>   return s
> 
> will that be faster or the interpreter can figure out that it only has
> to do sorted(string) once?

Actually, by replacing sorted() with a function that outputs when it is
called you could have seen that this is only called once in both cases. It
must not be called more than once in fact, consider e.g. the case that it
introduces side effects (like e.g. reading a file).

Uli

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