Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > detail you shouldn't care about. Functions that cache the result of long > time-consuming complications are _good_.
Not necessarily -- <http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/12/20/327369.aspx> asserts the exactly opposite principle, "Don't save anything you can recalculate"... of course, the best approach is generally a compromise, but it's good to be aware of the potentially high costs of caching:-). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
