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steve-howard on June 12, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python idioms

The rule of thumb I've read is that map is appropriate and (generally) faster when you do not need to create a lambda.

Estragon on June 12, 2011 [–]

That's not strictly correct. It really comes down to whether you're calling a native python function or a C extension. If it's a native python function call, it's going to be relatively slow.

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