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[Steve Holden]

Sion Arrowsmith wrote:
> Daniel Dittmar  <daniel.dittmar at sap.corp> wrote:
> 
>>        if line [:1] == '#':
> 
> 
> What's wrong with line[0] == '#' ? (For one thing, it's fractionally
> faster than [:1].)
> 
> 
For that matter, what's wrong with

     line.startswith('#')

which expresses the intent rather better as well.

regards
  Steve
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