Boris Borcic wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
[...]
>> Before you have any code is exactly the *wrong* time to be considering
>> performance.
>
> Yeah right, [] and {} are premature optimizations, one should always use
> list()
> or dict() unless one detains figures to justify the more exotic forms :)
>
:-)
My natural inclination would be to go for the literal forms where they
are available, but that would be for readability rather than speed. If
just happens to be a double win. It's about four years since I wrote a
program that ran for more than 24 hours.
regards
Steve
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