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> "Clayton Kirkwood" Wrote in message:
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>> For clarification, a key only has one value which can be changed.
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> No
"Clayton Kirkwood" Wrote in message:
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> For clarification, a key only has one value which can be changed.
No, because the key has to be immutable, like a
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!On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 04:54:33PM
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 04:54:33PM -0700, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
> As I've contemplated the usage of dictionaries, I face the question of
> efficiency. Going back before most of you were probably born;<)) if I
> remember correctly dictionaries(assoc. arrays), having hashes, are efficient
> for st
On 22/10/14 00:54, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
As I’ve contemplated the usage of dictionaries, I face the question of
efficiency.
Don;t worry about it. Python dictionaries are highly efficient and used
throughout the language. namespaces and classes are both effectively
dictionaries so every time
As I've contemplated the usage of dictionaries, I face the question of
efficiency. Going back before most of you were probably born;<)) if I
remember correctly dictionaries(assoc. arrays), having hashes, are efficient
for storing sparse arrays with the added benefit of hiding the traversal of
the d
