On 2006-10-04, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Neil Cerutti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Look at the code again. It's not testing what it says it's >> testing. > > It isnt? > > The only quibble I can see is that there really is no "first" > element in a set. I picked the "0 in set" and "0 in list" to > pick the fastest case for list, which does a linear search > through the list elements. > > Where did I go wrong on the test descriptions?
It seems to be timing "testing for membership", not "random access". Random access is just seq[n]; at least, that's the assumption I made. Perhaps I read the test description out of context and got confused. -- Neil Cerutti 8 new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some of the older ones. --Church Bulletin Blooper -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
