On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> The example I showed was just a toy problem. The real problem is >> I expect to call a function many times, and I want to avoid the overhead of >> the 'if blah' everytime. >> > This is a premature optimization. First, make it work. Then (if it > doesn't work fast enough) make it work faster. Corrolary: When you do make it faster, make it faster where it is slow. Second corrolary: If making it fast is so important that these two rules do not apply, Python is not your language of choice. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
