On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:30 PM, eryksun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That is why I wondered why 6 times is a lot given that a dict can do the >> same at 3/4 of the mem-footprint.
I hope it's clear that 3/4 here comes from 1/2 * 3/2. In other words the dict table has 1/2 the number of entries, and each entry is 3/2 times the size, accounting for the pointer to the value. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
