Насколько медленный конкатенация строк Python по сравнению с str.join?

Мой исходный код был неправильным, похоже, что конкатенация + обычно быстрее (особенно с новыми версиями Python на новом оборудовании)

Время следующим образом:

Iterations: 1,000,000       

Python 3.3 в Windows 7, Core i7

String of len:   1 took:     0.5710     0.2880 seconds
String of len:   4 took:     0.9480     0.5830 seconds
String of len:   6 took:     1.2770     0.8130 seconds
String of len:  12 took:     2.0610     1.5930 seconds
String of len:  80 took:    10.5140    37.8590 seconds
String of len: 222 took:    27.3400   134.7440 seconds
String of len: 443 took:    52.9640   170.6440 seconds

Python 2.7 в Windows 7, Core i7

String of len:   1 took:     0.7190     0.4960 seconds
String of len:   4 took:     1.0660     0.6920 seconds
String of len:   6 took:     1.3300     0.8560 seconds
String of len:  12 took:     1.9980     1.5330 seconds
String of len:  80 took:     9.0520    25.7190 seconds
String of len: 222 took:    23.1620    71.3620 seconds
String of len: 443 took:    44.3620   117.1510 seconds

В Linux Mint, Python 2.7, более медленный процессор

String of len:   1 took:     1.8840     1.2990 seconds
String of len:   4 took:     2.8394     1.9663 seconds
String of len:   6 took:     3.5177     2.4162 seconds
String of len:  12 took:     5.5456     4.1695 seconds
String of len:  80 took:    27.8813    19.2180 seconds
String of len: 222 took:    69.5679    55.7790 seconds
String of len: 443 took:   135.6101   153.8212 seconds

А вот код:

from __future__ import print_function
import time

def strcat(string):
    newstr = ''
    for char in string:
        newstr += char
    return newstr

def listcat(string):
    chars = []
    for char in string:
        chars.append(char)
    return ''.join(chars)

def test(fn, times, *args):
    start = time.time()
    for x in range(times):
        fn(*args)
    return "{:>10.4f}".format(time.time() - start)

def testall():
    strings = ['a', 'long', 'longer', 'a bit longer', 
               '''adjkrsn widn fskejwoskemwkoskdfisdfasdfjiz  oijewf sdkjjka dsf sdk siasjk dfwijs''',
               '''this is a really long string that's so long
               it had to be triple quoted  and contains lots of
               superflous characters for kicks and gigles
               @!#(*_#)(*$(*!#@&)(*E\xc4\x32\xff\x92\x23\xDF\xDFk^%#$!)%#^(*#''',
              '''I needed another long string but this one won't have any new lines or crazy characters in it, I'm just going to type normal characters that I would usually write blah blah blah blah this is some more text hey cool what's crazy is that it looks that the str += is really close to the O(n^2) worst case performance, but it looks more like the other method increases in a perhaps linear scale? I don't know but I think this is enough text I hope.''']

    for string in strings:
        print("String of len:", len(string), "took:", test(listcat, 1000000, string), test(strcat, 1000000, string), "seconds")

testall()

Это то, что глупые программы предназначены для тестирования :)

Используйте plus

import time

if __name__ == '__main__':
    start = time.clock()
    for x in range (1, 10000000):
        dog = "a" + "b"

    end = time.clock()
    print "Time to run Plusser = ", end - start, "seconds"

Output of:

Time to run Plusser =  1.16350010965 seconds

Теперь с join....

import time
if __name__ == '__main__':
    start = time.clock()
    for x in range (1, 10000000):
        dog = "a".join("b")

    end = time.clock()
    print "Time to run Joiner = ", end - start, "seconds"

Output Of:

Time to run Joiner =  21.3877386651 seconds

Итак, на python 2.6 на windows, я бы сказал, что + примерно в 18 раз быстрее, чем join :)