On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:50 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > Not with these words, though. As I recall, it's rather like (still > with different words) "len() will stay O(1) forever, regardless of > any perceived incorrectness of this choice".
And indexing/slicing will also be O(1). > An attempt to change > the builtins to introduce higher complexity for the sake of correctness > is what he rejects. I think PEP 393 balances this well, keeping > the O(1) operations in that complexity, while improving the cross- > platform "correctness" of these functions. +1, I am comfortable with the balance struck by the PEP. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
