Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()
Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()
blog.codingconfessions.com Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()
Discover why 'if not mylist' is twice as fast as 'len(mylist) == 0' by examining CPython's VM instructions and object memory access patterns.
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There are decades of articles on c++ optimizations, that say "use empty() instead of size()", which is same as here.
except for c++ it was just to avoid a single function call, not extra indirection. also on modern compilers size() will get inlined and ultimate instructions generated by the compiler will likely be the same
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