moa47...@gmail.com writes: > Am I correct in assuming that parsing a large text file would be > quicker returning pointers instead of strings?
What do you mean by “return a pointer”? Python doesn't have pointers. In the Python language, a container type (such as ‘set’, ‘list’, ‘dict’, etc.) contains the objects directly. There are no “pointers” there; by accessing the items of a container, you access the items directly. What do you mean by “would be quicker”? I am concerned you are seeking speed of the program at the expense of understandability and clarity of the code. Instead, you should be writing clear, maintainable code. *Only if* the clear, maintainable code you write then actually ends up being too slow, should you then worry about what parts are quick or slow by *measuring* the specific parts of code to discover what is actually occupying the time. -- \ “All television is educational television. The question is: | `\ what is it teaching?” —Nicholas Johnson | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
