[Python-Dev] (back to): Linked lists -- (was: deque alternative)

[Aahz]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2005, Martin Blais wrote:
>
> Now, it's not all about storage space.  What about front-insertion? 
> Everytime I have to type L.insert(0, bli), somewhere that I know runs
> "often" I cringe.  If I had lists I would be able to express my
> thoughts more clearly in the computer program.  Right now, I cringe,
> and then I just shrug.

Why don't you just write your own list type?  Why does this need to go
into Python?  Why should it be one of the builtin types instead of a
library?

Please answer these questions on comp.lang.python, NOT python-dev.
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