On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Elliot Gorokhovsky <elliot.gorokhov...@gmail.com> wrote: > ChrisA suggested I also try "make test" or something to get a more realistic > benchmark. I will do that once I implement this as a patch, right now it's > an extension module that subclasses list, so I can't just drop it into > existing code without modification.
Oh, okay. If it's done that way, there's (in a way) a guarantee that it won't worsen anything, because you have to explicitly request the new behaviour. So if you KNOW that you're going to be doing a ton of string-only sorting, you can call on this new list subclass, and if you're not, you simply don't. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
