Discover why 'if not mylist' is twice as fast as 'len(mylist) == 0' by examining CPython's VM instructions and object memory access patterns.
  • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    If anything len tells you that it is a sequence or a collection, “not” does not tell you that. That I feel like is the main point of my objection.