From 47e303cdeef590c1477e6f6b3cc41b97aa077153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casper da Costa-Luis <tqdm@caspersci.uk.to>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:25:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] minor `close()` optimisation

---
 tqdm/std.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tqdm/std.py b/tqdm/std.py
index bc5e71ec..d25ab281 100644
--- a/tqdm/std.py
+++ b/tqdm/std.py
@@ -1269,6 +1269,10 @@ class tqdm(Comparable):
         pos = abs(self.pos)
         self._decr_instances(self)
 
+        if self.last_print_t < self.start_t + self.delay:
+            # haven't ever displayed; nothing to clear
+            return
+
         # GUI mode
         if getattr(self, 'sp', None) is None:
             return
@@ -1287,9 +1291,6 @@ class tqdm(Comparable):
         leave = pos == 0 if self.leave is None else self.leave
 
         with self._lock:
-            if self.last_print_t < self.start_t + self.delay:
-                # haven't ever displayed; nothing to clear
-                return
             if leave:
                 # stats for overall rate (no weighted average)
                 self._ema_dt = lambda: None