On 12/3/06, Ben Wing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > many times writing somewhat complex loops over lists i've found the need > to sometimes delete an item from the list. currently there's no easy > way to do so; basically, you have to write something like
As I don't believe there's any need for a language extension, I've posted my approach to this on comp.lang.python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/724aa6bcf021cfad/c4c629bd1bacc12b#c4c629bd1bacc12b Note that deleting from the list as you iterate over it tends to have very poor performance for larger lists. My post includes some timings, demonstrating this. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ 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
