[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This time it seems that using itertools gives slower results, this is > the test code: Understandable, as dropwhile still needs to go through the whole list and the difference will be larger when the list get longer. Though I still prefer that if the list is not horribly long as it is like a spec. But then, one can always name the fast in place del slice version like "dropwhileFast".
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