[Python-Dev] Dictionary sparseness (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Sun, 4 May 2003 21:24:31 -0500 

Raymond> After more dictionary sparseness experiments, I've become
Raymond> convinced that the ideal settings are better left up to the
Raymond> user who is in a better position to know:

Speaking as a moderately sophisticated Python programmer, I can tell you I wouldn't have the slightest idea what the properties of my applications' dictionary usage is. Unless I'm going to get a major league speedup (like factor of two or greater) tweaking these settings, I don't see that they'd benefit me.

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