我的原始代码有误，看来 +连接通常更快（尤其是在较新的硬件上使用较新版本的Python）
时间如下：
Iterations: 1,000,000
Windows 7，Core i7上的Python 3.3
String of len: 1 took: 0.5710 0.2880 seconds
String of len: 4 took: 0.9480 0.5830 seconds
String of len: 6 took: 1.2770 0.8130 seconds
String of len: 12 took: 2.0610 1.5930 seconds
String of len: 80 took: 10.5140 37.8590 seconds
String of len: 222 took: 27.3400 134.7440 seconds
String of len: 443 took: 52.9640 170.6440 seconds
Windows 7，Core i7上的Python 2.7
String of len: 1 took: 0.7190 0.4960 seconds
String of len: 4 took: 1.0660 0.6920 seconds
String of len: 6 took: 1.3300 0.8560 seconds
String of len: 12 took: 1.9980 1.5330 seconds
String of len: 80 took: 9.0520 25.7190 seconds
String of len: 222 took: 23.1620 71.3620 seconds
String of len: 443 took: 44.3620 117.1510 seconds
在Linux Mint，Python 2.7和较慢的处理器上
String of len: 1 took: 1.8840 1.2990 seconds
String of len: 4 took: 2.8394 1.9663 seconds
String of len: 6 took: 3.5177 2.4162 seconds
String of len: 12 took: 5.5456 4.1695 seconds
String of len: 80 took: 27.8813 19.2180 seconds
String of len: 222 took: 69.5679 55.7790 seconds
String of len: 443 took: 135.6101 153.8212 seconds
这是代码：
from __future__ import print_function
import time
def strcat(string):
newstr = ''
for char in string:
newstr += char
return newstr
def listcat(string):
chars = []
for char in string:
chars.append(char)
return ''.join(chars)
def test(fn, times, *args):
start = time.time()
for x in range(times):
fn(*args)
return "{:>10.4f}".format(time.time() - start)
def testall():
strings = ['a', 'long', 'longer', 'a bit longer',
'''adjkrsn widn fskejwoskemwkoskdfisdfasdfjiz oijewf sdkjjka dsf sdk siasjk dfwijs''',
'''this is a really long string that's so long
it had to be triple quoted and contains lots of
superflous characters for kicks and gigles
@!#(*_#)(*$(*!#@&)(*E\xc4\x32\xff\x92\x23\xDF\xDFk^%#$!)%#^(*#''',
'''I needed another long string but this one won't have any new lines or crazy characters in it, I'm just going to type normal characters that I would usually write blah blah blah blah this is some more text hey cool what's crazy is that it looks that the str += is really close to the O(n^2) worst case performance, but it looks more like the other method increases in a perhaps linear scale? I don't know but I think this is enough text I hope.''']
for string in strings:
print("String of len:", len(string), "took:", test(listcat, 1000000, string), test(strcat, 1000000, string), "seconds")
testall()
