Alexander Belopolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Lorenz's patch uses a set, not a list for special characters. Set lookup is as fast as dict lookup, but a set takes less memory because it does not have to store dummy values. More importantly, use of frozenset instead of dict makes the code clearer. On the other hand, I would simply use a string. For a dozen entries, hash lookup does not buy you much.
Another nit: why use "\\%c" % (c) instead of obvious "\\" + c? Finally, you can eliminate use of index and a temporary list altogether by using a generator expression: ''.join(("\\" + c if c in _special else '\\000' if c == "\000" else c), for c in pattern) ---------- nosy: +belopolsky __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2650> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com