Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Bacarella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If only it were so easy. > > I think I know what's going on, the dictionary updates are sending the > GC into quadratic behavior. Try turning off the GC: > > import gc > gc.disable() This is becoming an FAQ on this newsgroup, having come up first with lists and now with dictionaries. It can also be considered a serious implementation problem, since code like Michael's is expected to perform in (close to) linear time and in fact did so in previous versions of Python, and still does in Perl and other popular scripting languages. Neither introductory nor intermediate Python learning materials don't cover the need to disable GC when building large data structures. Maybe the default GC strategy should be rethought. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
