'operator' actually maps to C implementations if possible; you're still calling Python functions, but the implementations in 'operator' should be a bit faster t

'operator' actually maps to C implementations if possible; you're still calling Python functions, but the implementations in 'operator' should be a bit faster than defining your own in pure Python (or the pure Python implementations that get used if the _operator C module is not available for some reason): https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.9/Modules/_operator.c https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.9/Modules/_operator...