Klaus Baldermann <kbaldermann at entire-systems.com> wrote:
> This could be even more perlified:
>
> while len(line) >= 4:
> mydict.update({line[1:4]: line[0]})
ouch. that's a really inefficient way
to modify a dictionary...
mydict[line[1:4]] = line[0]
is not only easier to decipher, but also
about 10 times faster than your version...
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