Flexible string representation, unicode, typography, ...

[Mark Lawrence]

On 02/09/2012 13:00, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> On 02.09.12 12:52, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Ian Kelly wrote:
>>
>>> Rewriting the example to use locale.strcoll instead:
>>
>>>>>> sorted(li, key=functools.cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll))
>>
>> There is also locale.strxfrm() which you can use directly:
>>
>> sorted(li, key=locale.strxfrm)
>
> Hmm, and with locale.strxfrm Python 3.3 20% slower than 3.2.
>
>

That's it then I'm giving up with Python.  In future I'll be writing 
everything in machine code to ensure that I get the fastest possible run 
times.

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.