Tim Hochberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > is fast, but if a is aliased, Python can't do the optimization, so
> Is this really true? After the first time through the loop, 'a' won't > be aliased any more since strings are immutable. Hmm, ok, there was some previous discussion of this problem and I guess I mis-remembered it. Thanks. I think there is still a fairly natural case where the optimization doesn't work. Anyone know? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
