[Python-Dev] Dictionary tuning

[Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)]

> From: Skip Montanaro [mailto:skip@pobox.com]
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>     Tim> at the moment ... I'm somewhat over-allocated :(
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>     Skip> Can't you just head over to Dunkin' Donuts and resize? ;-)
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>     Tim> Umm ... I'm parsing this OK ... seems syntactically=20
> correct ... but
>     Tim> the not sure about the semantics ...
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> Well, when a dictionary is over-allocated, we make it bigger=20
> to create more
> space.  I was thinking maybe you could try a similar sort of=20
> approach using
> donuts...

Making me bigger won't help anything (I'm trying to make myself
smaller).

Now, if Dunkin' Donuts can make more of me, that's another matter ...

Tim Delaney