Thank you for your advice, Raymond, which I much appreciate. I have started
to use the more_itertools package.
I probably also need to take Counter() more seriously but I have shied away
from it until now, fearing that it might be more focussed on 'counting' than on
'multiset operations' (i.e
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 9:07 AM Brian Gladman wrote:
> I probably also need to take Counter() more seriously but I have shied
> away from it until now, fearing that it might be more focussed on
> 'counting' than on 'multiset operations'
I think you correct about that — Counter can be a way to b
Christopher Barker wrote:
> (i.e. such as the API here: https://multiset.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
> It seems that’s just what you want. Honestly, despite the idea of
> “batteries included”, it is very common these days to need a third party
> lib.
> If that package meets your needs, then great.
Christopher Barker writes:
> It seems that’s just what you want. Honestly, despite the idea of
> “batteries included”, it is very common these days to need a third party
> lib.
Just because your Gameboy came with batteries, doesn't mean that your
favorite game was included.
The idea of "batte
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 10:22 AM Brian Gladman wrote:
> My main concern is not that I can't find a multiset package that meets my
> needs, but rather that I have to look for and then integrate the
> combinatorial algorithms that I need to use with multisets.
>
> With 'sets and itertools' I have t
