Peter Hansen wrote: > > Did you put the SI_prefixes outside the def so you could wrap the > > whole thing in a module and reuse it in other blocks? > > Do "import dis" and then try "dis.dis(myfloat)" on Fredrik's version and > on your suggested variation... (Hint, it's likely more an instinct for > decent performance instead of an instinct for decent portability
I frankly don't see what "portability" has to do with this. Why would the location of a reusable static data structure matter ? Python code work the same way in scripts and modules... </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list