On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 11:33:54PM +0100, Dieter Maurer wrote:
Paul Winkler wrote at 2003-2-24 16:27 -0500:
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It is easy to optimize this to "u + a" (via a dictionary), then thousands of roles should not be a problem.
would that mean you have to build a (potentially huge) dictionary every time? I'd greatly appreciate it if you could expand on this suggestion.
Even when you create the dictionary anew each time, it will have (almost) "u+a" complexity.
However, the dict might be cachable in volatile variables (i.e. "_v_" variables).
good idea, thanks.
As it is not my problem, I am a bit reluctant to search for optimazation possibilities.
understandable... for anyone else who's interested, i just found this by Alex Martelli: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52303 -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com