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Cerulean · Sep 24th, 2005, 8:39 AM

If you're going to be calling a function in each iteration in the list then map is probably faster, yes. It's the fact that list comprehensions allow you to get away with not having to call a function that makes them faster for a bunch of situations

Sep 24th, 2005, 8:39 AM	#20
Cerulean Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 459 Rep Power: 4	If you're going to be calling a function in each iteration in the list then map is probably faster, yes. It's the fact that list comprehensions allow you to get away with not having to call a function that makes them faster for a bunch of situations