On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:03:30 +1000, Stephen Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Flat is better than nested" has one foot in concise powerful > programming, the other foot in optimisation. > > foo.bar.baz.arr involves 4 hashtable lookups. arr is just one hashtable > lookup.
I find it amazingly hard to believe that this is implying optimization over functionality or clarity. There has to be another reason, yet I can't think of any. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
