Thorsten Kampe thorsten at thorstenkampe.de
Sat Oct 19 10:22:12 EDT 2002

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* Tim Peters
> [Thorsten Kampe]
>> #v+
>> if dict0 > dict1:  # loop through the shorter dict
>
> Obvious is better than obscure:
>
>    if len(dict0) > len(dict1):
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> is what you mean, so why not just say so? You're not saving any
> measurable time by being tricky here, and, to the contrary, if the
> lengths happen to be the same, it can be unboundedly slower to
> compare the dicts by value instead of by length.

You're right. I changed the code, it was an inadequate desire for
brevity.

Thorsten

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