In article <50485fca$0$29977$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> In any case, the *worst* case for string equality > testing is certainly O(N) (every character must be looked at), and the > *best* case is O(1) obviously (the first character fails to match). The best case is O(0), if either string is empty (ducking and running). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
