On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:36:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> The article explains that, amongst other things, tuples are faster
>> than lists, so if you are working with constant values (inmutables)
>> they are more indicated than lists.
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> Thanks. I thought Python's design wasn't so concerned with
> optimizations.
> Adding a new type "just" for optimization reasons seems perhaps
> unnecessary. I could be wrong.
It's times like this I want to cry...
>>> adict = {(1,2): "parrot"}
Try replacing that tuple with a list. "Just optimization" my eye!
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