Bengt Richter wrote: > On 22 Nov 2005 02:16:22 -0800, "Fuzzyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Kay Schluehr wrote: > >> Christoph Zwerschke wrote: > >> > >> > That would be also biased (in favour of Python) by the fact that > >> > probably very little people would look for and use the package in the > >> > cheese shop if they were looking for ordered dicts. > >> > >> Does anyone actually use this site? While the Vaults offered a nice > >> place and a nice interface the Cheese Shop has the appeal of a code > >> slum. > >> > > > >Hmmm.. it's *the* repository for Python code. I expect quite a few > >people use it... > > > >:-) > > > I hadn't realized how much stuff was there. I generally google for stuff, > but I will be looking directly now. > > BTW, I made a mod[1] to your odict that I think/hope is going to be generally > faster. > It requires 2.4 though. It passes the same doctest, so its probably close to > the same. > It stores the ordering info differently, but is also a dict subclass. >
odict maintains compatibility with Python 2.2 - so it's not a change we'd put back into the module I don't think. Changes that keep compatibility are very welcoemd though. > Do you happen to have a timing test that exercises various aspects, so I can > try it > before I embarrass myself? Otherwise I guess I'll write something. > The only tests we have are the ones in the module. If you create some timing tests we'd be interested in having access to them though. They would be a useful addition. All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Would the would-be users chime in with some idea of what kinds of operations > are > most important timing-wise? Which would get the most use? How dynamic would > ordering typically be? > > [1] fairly pervasive little mods actually > [ 9:15] C:\pywk\clp>diff odict.py odictb.py |wc > 146 458 4948 > > [ 9:15] C:\pywk\clp>wc odict*.py > 467 1228 12483 odict.py > 511 1500 14728 odictb.py > 978 2728 27211 Totals > > Regards, > Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list