map vs list comprehension

gistfile1.py

import timeit

def strip(a_string):
    return a_string.strip()

results_map = []
results_list_comprehension = []
comp_list = ['  123', ' 123', '123', '123 ','123  ']

def strip_map():
    map(strip, comp_list)

def strip_comp():
    [strip(x) for x in comp_list]

for x in range(100):
    results_map.append(timeit.Timer(setup='from __main__ import strip_map', stmt='strip_map()'))

for x in range(100):
    results_list_comprehension.append(timeit.Timer(setup='from __main__ import strip_comp', stmt='strip_comp()'))

result_map = 0.0
for timer in results_map:
    result_map += timer.timeit()

result_list_comprehension = 0.0
for timer in results_list_comprehension:
    result_list_comprehension += timer.timeit()

print result_map / float(len(results_map))
print result_list_comprehension / float(len(results_list_comprehension))


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# Results #
###########

# Map
1.502139256

# List Comprehension
1.63835688829