python - 为什么对于非常大的数字，除法会变得更快

Question

我想看看除法运算的常数，所以我运行了这段代码

import time

def di(n):
    n/101

i = 10
while i < 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000:
    start = time.clock()
    di(i)
    end = time.clock()
    print("On " + str(i) + " " + str(end-start))
    i *= 10000

这是我得到的输出

On 10 5.98714047756e-06
On 100000 4.7041818038e-06
On 1000000000 2.56591734753e-06
On 10000000000000 2.99357023878e-06
On 100000000000000000 2.99357023878e-06
On 1000000000000000000000 2.99357023879e-06
On 10000000000000000000000000 2.99357023878e-06
On 100000000000000000000000000000 3.42122313003e-06
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000 3.42122313003e-06
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 3.84887602128e-06
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 3.42122313003e-06
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 3.84887602128e-06
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.71061156501e-06
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.71061156502e-06
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.71061156501e-06
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2.13826445628e-06
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.71061156502e-06
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2.13826445628e-06
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2.13826445628e-06
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2.13826445626e-06
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2.13826445626e-06

为什么除法通常在后面变得更快，而不是前两个最小项的时间？

Answer 1

Why does the division generally get faster later on as opposed to the time of the first two terms which are the smallest?

其实不然。如果我将 di 替换为:

def di(n):
    for i in range(10000000): n / 101

然后我得到(Python 3.5，我假设您正在使用):

On 10 0.546889
On 100000 0.545004
On 1000000000 0.5454929999999998
On 10000000000000 0.5519709999999998
On 100000000000000000 1.330797
On 1000000000000000000000 1.31053
On 10000000000000000000000000 1.3393129999999998
On 100000000000000000000000000000 1.3524339999999997
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3817269999999997
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3412670000000002
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3358929999999987
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3773859999999996
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3326890000000002
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3704769999999993
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3235019999999995
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.357647
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3341190000000012
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.326544000000002
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3671139999999973
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3630120000000012
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3600200000000022
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3189189999999975
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1.3503469999999993

如您所见，大致有两种:一种用于较小的数字，一种用于较大的数字。在 Python 3.5 中，/ 进行浮点除法，因此无论数字大小如何，它实际上应该花费大约相同的时间。

不过，从小到大，差距还是有的。使用以下函数来保留语义的 Python 2.7 会出现相同的结果:

def di(n):
    for i in xrange(10000000): n / 101.0

在同一台机器上，我得到:

On 10 0.617427
On 100000 0.61805
On 1000000000 0.6366
On 10000000000000 0.620919
On 100000000000000000 0.616695
On 1000000000000000000000 0.927353
On 10000000000000000000000000 1.007156
On 100000000000000000000000000000 0.98597
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000 0.99258
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.966753
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.992684
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.991711
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.994703
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.978877
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.982035
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.973266
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.977911
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.996857
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.972555
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.985676
On 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.987412
On 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.997207
On 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0.970129

这与将整数转换为 float 有关(具体细节待定)。对于超过某个点的整数，这会更慢，并且当超过该点时，除法开始花费更长的时间。