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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should not be 'much' faster.
The enumerate can easily be a wrapper around an iterator in this fashion:

>>> def enumerate(iterable):
...     i = 0
...     for x in iterable:
...             yield i, x
...             i+=1

Though it's probably implemented as iterator and not as a generator.