3 ms·

I think you're timing the import in there, too. Plus, creating an object of a class rather than using a literal will always be slower.

• mjschultz 13y ago
  Does the --setup statement really get timed? My reading of the docs[1] has always led me to believe that it doesn't. For example, "It is possible to provide a setup statement that is executed only once at the beginning" [1]: http://docs.python.org/2/library/timeit.html http://docs.python.org/2/library/timeit.html
  • vibragiel 13y ago
    It doesn't get timed. You can quickly test this by adding an expensive operation to your setup and checking that it doesn't affect the resulting time.
  • mapleoin 13y ago
    Aaah, ok. I totally didn't read the --setup arg.