Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Someone please summarize. >> >> Yes, that would be good. > > On systems with multiple CPUs or 64-bit systems, or both, creating and/or > deleting a multi-megabyte dictionary in recent versions of Python (2.3, > 2.4, 2.5 at least) takes a LONG time, of the order of 30+ minutes, > compared to seconds if the system only has a single CPU.
Can you post minimal code that exhibits this behavior on Python 2.5.1? The OP posted a lot of different versions, most of which worked just fine for most people. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
