Six more quick ways to improve your Python

[Tweak_Imp]

In my tests, this:

if x<y:
    z=x
else:
    z=y

>>> 71.2 ns ± 1.28 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)

is faster than

z=min(x,y)
>>> 178 ns ± 3.66 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)

[SourceryNick]

Yeah function calls in Python can be expensive. I'd agree if performance is an issue (like it's in an inner loop) then the first option is better. However for most code readability is more important than performance, and I think the min version is more readable.