Re: A curious bit of code...

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de>:

> Personally, I'm willing to spend the few extra milliseconds and use
> the foolproof third.

Speaking of foolproof, what is this "key?" Is it an XML start tag,
maybe? Then, how does your test fare with, say,

    <start comparison=">
    ">

which is equivalent to

    <start comparison="&gt;">


Marko
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