[Python-Dev] Use for enumerate() (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:41:27 -0400

[holger krekel]

... But anyway, isn't reading and counting still a faster technique than using readlines() esp. for larger files?

How should I know ? readlines() is reading and counting under the covers, but at C speed. So the question is whether and when you can program correct chunking at Python speed that's faster than the time readlines() takes to build line objects into a list. Try it and time it.