dictionary lookup table?

[Francis Avila]

"David Eppstein" <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote in message
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> In article <vqt288ck2mgkd8 at corp.supernews.com>,
>  "Francis Avila" <francisgavila at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't think you are abusing the dictionary at all, but if you're using
> > Python 2.3, you can use the set module, which more closely matches the
> > semantics of your problem.  However, as of now the set module is
implemented
> > with dictionaries anyway, so I don't see that you gain much.
>
> You gain in expressing more clearly the intent of your code.

I'm sorry, I meant "gain" in terms of performance/space, per the OP's
original concern.  You are correct, however.

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