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In [1]: %timeit sum([(0, 0)] * 1000, ())
100 loops, best of 3: 5.01 ms per loop
In [2]: %timeit sum([(0, 0)] * 10000, ())
1 loops, best of 3: 490 ms per loop
In [3]: %timeit sum([(0, 0)] * 100000, ())
1 loops, best of 3: 61.9 s per loop
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