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dict_vs_literal_dict.py
Python 2.7.5 (default, Jul 17 2013, 17:11:57)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.27)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.timeit("dict()")
0.3571889400482178
>>> timeit.timeit("{}")
0.04683995246887207
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