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Does the --setup statement really get timed? My reading of the docs[1] has always led me to believe that it doesn't. For example, "It is possible to provide a

Does the --setup statement really get timed? My reading of the docs[1] has always led me to believe that it doesn't. For example, "It is possible to provide a setup statement that is executed only once at the beginning" [1]: http://docs.python.org/2/library/timeit.html http://docs.python.org/2/library/timeit.html

vibragiel 13y ago
It doesn't get timed. You can quickly test this by adding an expensive operation to your setup and checking that it doesn't affect the resulting time.
mapleoin 13y ago
Aaah, ok. I totally didn't read the --setup arg.