On 18/02/17 21:52, Joseph Slater wrote: > I'm trying to use the scipy.optimize code ... > I've seen this done with dictionaries on some pages, > but it seems that this is intended to be faster
There is a saying in programming that premature optimization is the root of all evil. If you don't know that you need to optimize then your time is usually better spent elsewhere. Dictionaries are pretty fast in Python and I'd suggest you try that first before shaving milliseconds in places that may not be where you need to make savings. Identify an actual problem, then identify the cause and optimise that. Don't try to second guess the future. Most performance problems are down to bad algorithms or bad data structures not bad dispatch techniques. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
