Terry Reedy wrote: > >> If no __getslice__() is found, a slice object is created instead, and >> passed to __getitem__() instead. > > The overwhelmingl most common case of a simple slice is more efficiently > done by having a separate function since no slice object is created. > >>>> a=[1,2,3] >>>> def f(): return a[0:1] > ... >>>> import dis >>>> dis.dis(f)
[...] Very good point. I always forget how useful dis is, thanks. f -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
