On Sunday, 2 September 2012 17:53:16 UTC+5:30, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 02/09/2012 13:00, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > > > On 02.09.12 12:52, Peter Otten wrote: > > >> Ian Kelly wrote: > > >> > > >>> Rewriting the example to use locale.strcoll instead: > > >> > > >>>>>> sorted(li, key=functools.cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll)) > > >> > > >> There is also locale.strxfrm() which you can use directly: > > >> > > >> sorted(li, key=locale.strxfrm) > > > > > > Hmm, and with locale.strxfrm Python 3.3 20% slower than 3.2. > > > > > > > > > > That's it then I'm giving up with Python. In future I'll be writing > > everything in machine code to ensure that I get the fastest possible run > > times. > > > > -- > > Cheers. > > > > Mark Lawrence.
please make it *heavily optimized* machine code -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
