Fastest way to convert an iterator to a list

python iterator list-comprehension
systempuntoout picture systempuntoout · Sep 24, 2010 · Viewed 104.9k times · Source

Having an iterator object, is there something faster, better or more correct than a list comprehension to get a list of the objects returned by the iterator?

user_list = [user for user in user_iterator]

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mikerobi picture mikerobi · Sep 24, 2010 
list(your_iterator)

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