> On 8 February 2010 22:46, kevin gill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> * Performance >> - I should start using named tuples instead of dicts in a number >> of my standard idioms. The will work the same and apparently >> have less overhead. > > Just wanted to note that dictionaries are almost certainly faster to > create, and possibly faster to access. The main advantage of > namedtuples is that they use __slots__, which (always?) results in > lower memory usage, but (based on some measurements I did a while ago) > are generally slower to access then attribute/item lookup. >
Thanks for the clarification. Not for the high performance code sections then. > >> - Only unladen swallow looks likely to deliver improvements >> in the near future. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi All, The 1st Python Unconference in UCD on Saturday was a success. >>> 10 >>> people turned up for it (I expected between 5-15 people) and we didn't >>> finish till 6pm! Special thanks to:- >>> >>> - UCD, for letting us use their fantastic lab for the Unconference >>> (we >>> didn't need the other 2 rooms after all) >>> - Sean Murphy, who helped organised and setting up the rooms (and >>> pointing out the important location of the nearest cafe) >>> - Brian Brazil, who got us in contact with Sean re. room for our >>> Unconference >>> >>> And finally, big shout out to the folks who turned up to make our first >>> Unconference work. >>> >>> And here is an anonymous feedback form (even if you didn't attend the >>> unconference) on how we can improve the next Python Unconference event. >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC0xWElFeFNLenVfSFpZVVVpTDFjOUE6MA >>> >>> >>> Much was discussed about that day, I've created a google page giving >>> very >>> brief highlights of what was discussed. The page is open for people who >>> attended to add their own notes to the relevant sections. >>> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland/web/python-irelands-1st-unconference-2010 >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> /// Vicky >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >>> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "Python Ireland" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Python Ireland" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
