>> True. Changing the except clause here to >> except: return sum(1 for x in iterable)
>> keeps George's optimization (O(1), not O(N), for containers) and is a >> bit faster (while still O(N)) for non-container iterables. Every thing was going just great. Now I have to think again. Thank you all. rick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
