On 21 May, 15:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > mosscliffe: > > > if key in xrange (60,69) or key == 3: > > I keep seeing again and again code like this, mostly from people not > much expert of Python, but the PEP 260 shows the fast in was removed, > so it's O(n). Maybe removing the fast __contains__ was bad for > necomers (or just the casual Python users, that I belive is really > large). > > Bye, > bearophile
Being a non-expert in python in fact just a beginner / casual user, can you expand on how 0(n) relates to if key in xrange (60,69) or key == 3: My mind tends to go blank at the mention of __xxx__. R -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list