On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:24 AM boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > In this trivial example I cannot imagine there is any realistic > difference between the two approaches, but I am trying to generalize > my thoughts for potentially much more expensive calculations, very > large data sets, and what is the likelihood of storage errors > occurring in files. Any thoughts on this?
As with many things in programming, it comes down to how much time you want to trade for space. If you have a lot of space and not much time, store the calculated values. If you have a lot of time (or the calculation time is negligible) and not much space, recalculate every time. If you have plenty of both, store it and recalculate it anyway :). Storing the information can also be useful for offline debugging. -- Zach _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
