As far as i know, python performs a lazy deletion of values , when we delete content from a dictionary (correct me if i am wrong) . So, when we insert a lot of values the dictionary automatically expands. I don't see dict shrinking when we delete values from dictionary. In such case, is there a way to forcibly reduce the dictionary size ?
./Rahul On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Ramdas S <ram...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Rahul R <rahul8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ahh , sorry If i wasnt clear the first time. I dint mean reorder the data > > in dictionary. I meant resize the dictionary. > > > > What do you mean by resize? > > > > > > ./Rahul > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > dictionaries are unordered. It is not a good idea to expect any order > in > > > dictionaries, even if you are seeing some order by chance. > > > > > > If you need order, then use OrderedDict from collections module (new in > > > Python 2.7). > > > > > > Anand > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Rahul R <rahul8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > > > Is it possible to forcibly reorder the python dictionary after "n" > > number > > > > of inserts and deletions. As far as i know, python dictionary > performs > > > lazy > > > > deletes. Thus , even if the data is deleted, python has a dummy data > > > their > > > > in order to preserve consistency. The python dictionary > > > > keeps expanding when the size of dict is increasing, but after > > deleting a > > > > few parameters the size does not decrease. Is there a way , where I > can > > > > forcibly resize the dictionary ? > > > > > > > > I was thinking of copying content from existing dictionary to new > dict > > > and > > > > deleting the previous one.But thats a cumbersome operation. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > ./Rahul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > BangPypers mailing list > > > > BangPypers@python.org > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Anand > > > http://anandology.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > BangPypers mailing list > > > BangPypers@python.org > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > Ramdas S > +91 9342 583 065 > My Personal Blog on http://ramdaz.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
