Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Maric Michaud
Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 16:57:26 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 15:57:53 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all expressions that return something,

Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 16:57:26 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 15:57:53 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL

Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Maric Michaud
Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 18:26:38 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : I was asking where in the specification http://docs.python.org/ref/ref.html it says that all expressions that return something, return a new object.   I never said this, I said it's the spirit of python APIs, with some

Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 18:26:38 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : I was asking where in the specification http://docs.python.org/ref/ref.html it says that all expressions that return something, return a new object.   I never said

Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Terry Reedy
Maric Michaud wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 16:57:26 Grant Edwards, vous avez écrit : Where is that in the specification? Each literal creates a new instance, This does not answer 'where' but just adds another false claim. I just reread the Reference Manual, Lexical Analysis

Re: literals optimization (was Re: append on lists)

2008-09-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-16, Maric Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Tuesday 16 September 2008 18:26:38 Grant Edwards, vous avez ?crit?: I was asking where in the specification http://docs.python.org/ref/ref.html it says that all expressions that return something, return a new object. ? I never said