From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 07:56:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update timeit example to reflect current performance.
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~562
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=707483fdef1dcb91e5239f7dd16db509ce2737c7;p=python

Update timeit example to reflect current performance.
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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index 9fdf228f46..d214e7f5b7 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -4634,14 +4634,14 @@ immediately.
 For example, it may be tempting to use the tuple packing and unpacking
 feature instead of the traditional approach to swapping arguments.
 The \ulink{\module{timeit}}{../lib/module-timeit.html} module
-quickly demonstrates that the traditional approach is faster:
+quickly demonstrates a modest performance advantage:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> from timeit import Timer
 >>> Timer('t=a; a=b; b=t', 'a=1; b=2').timeit()
-0.60864915603680925
+0.57535828626024577
 >>> Timer('a,b = b,a', 'a=1; b=2').timeit()
-0.8625194857439773
+0.54962537085770791
 \end{verbatim}
 
 In contrast to \module{timeit}'s fine level of granularity, the