improving a huge double-for cycle

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Steven D'Aprano a écrit :
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:43:00 +0200, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
>> Now the obvious winner is pruebono - even unoptimized, using sets seems
>> to be *way* faster than even the most optimized corrected version of
>> your algorithm.
> 
> I'm not being snarky about losing priority here, but I submitted 
> essentially the same solution two hours earlier than pruebono.

My bad... Now that you mention it, I see you effectively did. My fault, 
I did a too-fast screening of submitted solutions, and hereby declare 
you Steven as the winner.

> Are people not seeing my posts? Have I been kill-filed by everyone except 
> Mensator?

I do see your posts. Whether I read them entirely is another question - 
and in this concrete case, the answer is obviously 'nope'. Put the blame 
on me.

> I also asked a question about HTTPError and I haven't seen any 
> responses at all.

This is another problem - it happens that no one has a clue, or that the 
one having a clue lack time (or willingness) to anwer. Once again, sorry 
if me missing your correct answer drives you paranoid :(