On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:54:43 -0800, samwyse wrote: > create a hash that maps your keys to themselves, then use the values of > that hash as your keys. > >>>> store = {} >>>> def atom(str): > global store > if str not in store: > store[str] = str > return store[str]
Oh lordy, that's really made my day! That's the funniest piece of code I've seen for a long time! Worthy of being submitted to the DailyWTF. Samwyse, while I applaud your willingness to help, I think you actually need to get some programming skills before doing so. Here's a hint to get you started: can you think of a way to optimize that function so it does less work? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list