Time iteration of tuples/lists/sets

python_2_7_10_results.txt

2.7.10 (default, Oct  6 2017, 22:29:07)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.31)]
Creating a set
using a tuple:  0.689293146133
using a list:  0.676049947739
using a set:  0.665240049362

Creating a tuple
using a tuple:  0.450199842453
using a list:  0.442317008972
using a set:  0.475040912628

Creating a list
using a tuple:  0.420726060867
using a list:  0.447565078735
using a set:  0.428601980209

python_3_6_4_results.txt

3.6.4 (default, Mar  9 2018, 23:15:03)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)]
Creating a set
using a tuple:  0.6933924070326611
using a list:  0.6775112049654126
using a set:  0.6732040569186211

Creating a tuple
using a tuple:  0.47215579298790544
using a list:  0.4833532590419054
using a set:  0.4855397519422695

Creating a list
using a tuple:  0.4640890349401161
using a list:  0.48467018199153244
using a set:  0.47771214391104877

python_iteration_test.py

from __future__ import print_function

import sys
import timeit

setup = """
try:
    range_func = xrange
except NameError:
    range_func = range


def generate(cls):
    return cls(range_func(0, 1000000))


t = generate(tuple)
l = generate(list)
s = generate(list)
"""

tries = 10

print(sys.version)
print('Creating a set')
print('using a tuple: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='set(x for x in t)', number=tries,setup=setup))
print('using a list: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='set(x for x in l)', number=tries, setup=setup))
print('using a set: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='set(x for x in s)', number=tries, setup=setup))


print('')
print('Creating a tuple')
print('using a tuple: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='tuple(x for x in t)', number=tries,setup=setup))
print('using a list: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='tuple(x for x in l)', number=tries, setup=setup))
print('using a set: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='tuple(x for x in s)', number=tries, setup=setup))

print('')
print('Creating a list')
print('using a tuple: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='list(x for x in t)', number=tries,setup=setup))
print('using a list: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='list(x for x in l)', number=tries, setup=setup))
print('using a set: ', timeit.timeit(stmt='list(x for x in s)', number=tries, setup=setup))