from timeit import Timer

VALUE = 1

def bool_test():
  return bool(VALUE)

def not_not_test():
  return not not VALUE

def and_or_test():
  return VALUE and True or False

if __name__ == '__main__':
  print Timer('bool_test()', 'from __main__ import bool_test').timeit()
  print Timer('not_not_test()', 'from __main__ import not_not_test').timeit()
  print Timer('and_or_test()', 'from __main__ import and_or_test').timeit()

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0.835031986237
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