Daniel Bastos <dbas...@toledo.com> writes: > def make_sequence_non_recursive(N, x0 = 2, c = -1): > "What's wrong with this function? It's very slow." > last = x0 > def sequence(): > nonlocal last > next = last > last = last**2 + c > return next % N > return sequence > > It crawls pretty soon. Please advise?
A mathematical rather than Python answer... change it to last = (last**2 + c) % N return next <snip> -- Ben. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list