Lists, tuples and memory.
Arthur
ajsiegel at optonline.com
Fri Jul 16 10:03:13 EDT 2004
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:52:53 -0400, Christopher T King
<squirrel at WPI.EDU> wrote:
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>1) Stick with lists. Tuples are meant to be used not really as immutable
>lists, but as a way to group related items of different types. e.g. the
>sequence 'apple','orange','pear','banana' should be stored in a list,
>whereas the group of related items 'apple','red',3,5 (presumably
>describing an apple in some predefined manner, say,
>fruit,color,width,height) should be stored in a tuple. At least that's
>what Guido wants us to do. ;)
But with Fletcher's confession of sticking with tabs ... its anarchy
out there.
>
>2) Assuming you're using a newer version of Python, try using a list
>comprehension instead of map(). It's a little bit cleaner, and will
>probably be a bit faster too:
Faster is good.
Modern and progessive governance. The tax incentive concept at work.
Art
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