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How to speed up Python loops easily and turn any O(N^2) problem into O(1): while True: elapsed_x = do_something_that_takes_x_seconds() time.sleep(-elapsed_x)

9:09 PM · Dec 9, 2019Twitter Web App

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I had to actually check what would happen. Python core devs are crafty.

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def TimeTomorrow(): time.sleep(86400) return datetime.now()

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💥 in a side effect, you just discovered time travel!

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I'll remember to use this in upcoming interviews and report back how it goes 😋🤣

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Or in 3.8 you can just use time.unsleep()

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Time travelling is generally considered a code smell

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even if it works, you, in your present time branch, wouldn't know.