List or Dictionairy or neither?

[Paul Rubin]

Dietmar Lang <dietmar at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> writes:
> Now the list is shelved and I am accessing its items pretty randomly.
> I've found the access times to be rather slow. So my questions are:
> 
> - Would using a dictionary make access faster?

If you're pickling the whole list and reading it over and over, then
yes a dictionary sounds a lot faster.  You could try it...