Conditional function invocations versus hashed function invocations

hashcomp.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

import sys

quiet = False

def noop0():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('0')
def noop1():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('1')
def noop2():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('2')
def noop3():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('3')
def noop4():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('4')
def noop5():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('5')
def noop6():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('6')
def noop7():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('7')
def noop8():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('8')
def noop9():
    if not quiet:
        sys.stdout.write('9')

def run_conditional_test(n):
    print "Running conditional test..."
    for x in range(0, n):
        x = x % 10
        if x == 0:
            noop0()
        elif x == 1:
            noop1()
        elif x == 2:
            noop2()
        elif x == 3:
            noop3()
        elif x == 4:
            noop4()
        elif x == 5:
            noop5()
        elif x == 6:
            noop6()
        elif x == 7:
            noop7()
        elif x == 8:
            noop8()
        elif x == 9:
            noop9()
    print ''

FUNC_MAP = {
    0: noop0,
    1: noop1,
    2: noop2,
    3: noop3,
    4: noop4,
    5: noop5,
    6: noop6,
    7: noop7,
    8: noop8,
    9: noop9
}

def run_hash_test(n):
    print "Running hash test..."
    for x in range(0, n):
        x = x % 10
        FUNC_MAP[x]()
    print ''
        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    n = int(sys.argv[1])
    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
        mode = sys.argv[2]
    else:
        mode = 'conditional'

    if n > 10000:
        quiet = True

    if mode == 'hash':
        run_hash_test(n)
    else:
        run_conditional_test(n)

results.txt

$ time (./hashcomp.py 100000000)
Running conditional test...


real	0m42.223s
user	0m38.594s
sys	0m1.994s
$ time (./hashcomp.py 100000000 hash)
Running hash test...


real	0m30.787s
user	0m29.228s
sys	0m1.534s