Fredrik Lundh wrote: > in the Python example, the four strings in your example are shared, so > you're basically copying 40000 pointers to the list. > > in the C++ example, you're creating 40000 string objects. > > </F>
In which case, Licheng, you should try using the /GF switch. This will tell Microsoft C++ compiler to pool identical string literals together. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
