2 ms·The scope lifting (I forget what this performance hack is called), `_len = len` etc., is unsatisfying.by hayd 11y agoThe scope lifting (I forget what this performance hack is called), `_len = len` etc., is unsatisfying.elliptic 11y agoI noticed that, but haven't any idea what the purpose is?pmiller2 11y agoIt's a speed optimization. Local lookups are faster than global lookups in Python.