John Machin wrote: > Thanks, that's indeed faster than array(t, [v]*n) but what I had in > mind was something like an additional constructor: > > array.filledarray(typecode, repeat_value, repeat_count) > > which I speculate should be even faster.
before you add a new API, you should probably start by borrowing the repeat code from Object/stringobject.c and see if the speedup is good enough. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list