relational database will be optimised to do these operations and so is
likely to be faster still. I think there are a couple that Python
works well with, but I've never looked into that -- others will no
doubt be along with recommendations now I've raised the subject.
batteries-included support
2009/2/26 sert :
> bearophileh...@lycos.com wrote in
> news:37632421-5475-4859-be83-07ae2eca1...@r4g2000yqa.googlegro
> ups.com:
>
>> Try using a dict instead, where keys are the names and
>> objects the values (it turns a linear search in a quick
>> hash look up). . Then tell us the performance ch
bearophileh...@lycos.com wrote in
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ups.com:
> Try using a dict instead, where keys are the names and
> objects the values (it turns a linear search in a quick
> hash look up). . Then tell us the performance changes.
>
It halved the o
sert:
> I have implemented this by creating a list with all the people's
> names and another list with their objects (their data).
>
> It works but after profiling the code it turns out that half the
> time spent in the program is spent in the list.index() function
> looking up names. Isn't there a
