A little more advanced for loop

[Aahz]

In article <45CCF734.3080306 at websafe.com>,
Larry Bates  <larry.bates at websafe.com> wrote:
>
>Note: if lists are long take a look at itertools izip.  zip creates
>a list of lists which could take lots of memory/time if they are VERY
>large.  itertools izip iterates over them in place.

That's half-true -- while izip is faster, it's not enough faster to make
a significant difference unless the lists are "huge" rather than
"large".  Remember that the data elements themselves are not copied.
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