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On Sep 15, 2016 06:06, "Serhiy Storchaka" <storchaka@gmail.com> wrote:
\> Python 3.5: 10 loops, best of 3: 33.5 msec per loop
\> Python 3.6: 10 loops, best of 3: 37.5 msec per loop
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\> These results look surprisingly and inexplicably to me. I expected that even if there is some performance regression in the lookup or modifying operation, the iteration should not be slower.

My understanding is that the all-int-keys case is an outlier. This is due to how ints hash, resulting in fewer collisions and a mostly insertion-ordered hash table. Consequently, I'd expect the above microbenchmark to give roughly the same result between 3.5 and 3.6, which it did.

-eric