On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 10:16 PM <marco.naw...@colosso.nl> wrote: > > On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 9:40:43 PM UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 7:37 AM Mohan Mohta <mohan.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am no expert in python but I found grep is lot faster in than the > > > methods of reading files from python.... point me to direction if you > > > know of anything faster I would appreciate it. > > > > > > > Try doing things the simple and easy way in Python, then figure out if > > it's too slow. Only THEN should you worry about "faster". > > > > ChrisA > > Yeah, and once you find out you need to go faster and subsequently start > looking into ways you *can* go faster, you finally end up with code similar > to what is implemented in the grep family of tools. >
Maybe... but most likely not using a subprocess. But it's still premature to worry about performance when you don't have any evidence that your code is too slow. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
