On 8 February 2010 22:46, kevin gill <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Performance > - I should start using named tuples instead of dicts in a number > of my standard idioms. The will work the same and apparently > have less overhead.
Just wanted to note that dictionaries are almost certainly faster to create, and possibly faster to access. The main advantage of namedtuples is that they use __slots__, which (always?) results in lower memory usage, but (based on some measurements I did a while ago) are generally slower to access then attribute/item lookup. > - Only unladen swallow looks likely to deliver improvements > in the near future. > > > > > > >> Hi All, The 1st Python Unconference in UCD on Saturday was a success. 10 >> people turned up for it (I expected between 5-15 people) and we didn't >> finish till 6pm! Special thanks to:- >> >> - UCD, for letting us use their fantastic lab for the Unconference (we >> didn't need the other 2 rooms after all) >> - Sean Murphy, who helped organised and setting up the rooms (and >> pointing out the important location of the nearest cafe) >> - Brian Brazil, who got us in contact with Sean re. room for our >> Unconference >> >> And finally, big shout out to the folks who turned up to make our first >> Unconference work. >> >> And here is an anonymous feedback form (even if you didn't attend the >> unconference) on how we can improve the next Python Unconference event. >> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC0xWElFeFNLenVfSFpZVVVpTDFjOUE6MA >> >> >> Much was discussed about that day, I've created a google page giving very >> brief highlights of what was discussed. The page is open for people who >> attended to add their own notes to the relevant sections. >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland/web/python-irelands-1st-unconference-2010 >> >> Cheers, >> >> /// Vicky >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ >> ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Ireland" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
