Le mardi 29 octobre 2013 06:22:27 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano a écrit :
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:01:16 -0700, wxjmfauth wrote:
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> > And of course, logically, they are very, very badly handled with the
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> I'm reminded of Cato the Elder, the Roman senator who would end every
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> But at least he had the good grace to present that as an opinion, instead
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> Steven
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>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.timeit("a = 'hundred'; 'x' in a")
0.12621293837694095
>>> timeit.timeit("a = 'hundreij'; 'x' in a")
0.26411553466961735
If you are understanding the coding of characters, Unicode
and what this FSR does, it is a child play to produce gazillion
of examples like this.
(Notice the usage of a Dutch character instead of a boring €).
jmf
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