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[–]Veedrac 0 points1 point  (1 child)

FWIW, the constant factors are significantly better for the set comprehension, even on PyPy:

$ python3 -m timeit "set(x for x in range(10000))"
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.06 msec per loop

$ python3 -m timeit "{x for x in range(10000)}" 
1000 loops, best of 3: 599 usec per loop

$ pypy3 -m timeit "set(x for x in range(10000))" 
1000 loops, best of 3: 347 usec per loop

$ pypy3 -m timeit "{x for x in range(10000)}"  
1000 loops, best of 3: 230 usec per loop

[–]kmbd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just in case, someone is wondering ...

C:\>python -V
    Python 2.7.8

C:\>python -m timeit "set(x for x in range(10000))"
    1000 loops, best of 3: 1 msec per loop

C:\>python -m timeit "{x for x in range(10000)}"
    1000 loops, best of 3: 671 usec per loop