MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> writes: >>> When you pop an element from the last, the elements after it need to be >>> moved down, which takes time. >>> >>> Try shuffling the list and then popping the now randomly-ordered >>> elements off the end. >> Would shuffling not be a lot more expensive? Especially because I do >> not eat the whole list. >> > You won't know until you time it.
A first indication is that it doubles the needed time. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
