On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > It stores the IP address in integer form, meaning the lookups on large > tables are much faster:
are they? hashtables shouldn't be too sensitive to key size, as long as the string size stays bounded... like on IP addresses (max 15 chars) of course, i don't know about the specific dict implementation on Python. Sounds like a job for a microbenchmark! -- Javier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.