rantingrick <rantingr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. When has 2 bytecode instructions EVER out weighed a solid > readability feature's incorporation into Python?
The original point was whether or not the code is identical, which Terry showed it was not. > The load constant should only happen once. The > COMPARE_OP could be called "an extra step" but such a little problem > can easily be optimized away on the CPython side of things. Looking forward to seeing your patch. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list