Reserve memory for list in Python?

Question

When programming in Python, is it possible to reserve memory for a list that will be populated with a known number of items, so that the list will not be reallocated several

Answer 1

for Python3:

import timeit
from numpy import zeros
from array import array

def func1():
    N=10**6
    a = []
    app = a.append
    for i in range(N):
        app(i)

def func2():
    N=10**6
    a = [None]*N
    app = a.append
    for i in range(N):
        a[i] = i

def func3():
    N=10**6
    a = array('i', [0]*N)
    for i in range(N):
        a[i] = i

def func4():
    N=10**6
    a = zeros(N,dtype='i')
    for i in range(N):
        a[i] = i

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
func1()
print(timeit.default_timer() - start_time)

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
func2()
print(timeit.default_timer() - start_time)

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
func3()
print(timeit.default_timer() - start_time)

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
func4()
print(timeit.default_timer() - start_time)

result:

0.1655518
0.10920069999999998
0.1935983
0.15213890000000002

1. append()
2. [None]*N
3. using module array
4. using module numpy