Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >>>> from collections import defaultdict >>>> d = defaultdict(1 .conjugate) >>>> d["x"] += 2 >>>> d["x"] > 3 > > Isn't that beautiful? Almost like home;) > > It is also fast: > > $ python -m timeit -s"one = lambda: 1" "one()" > 1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.213 usec per loop > $ python -m timeit -s"one = 1 .conjugate" "one()" > 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0972 usec per loop > > Micro-optimisation, the best excuse for ugly code... >
Nice one, but if you are going to micro-optimise why not save a few keystrokes while you're at it and use '1 .real' instead? -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
