Dictionary and List

[Hrvoje Niksic]

sorot at my-deja.com writes:

> for i in range(0,len(x)):
>    my_dict['a'] = x[i]
>    my_list.append(my_dict)

A side note: the above `for' loop shows a construct I frequently see
in Python sources that seems borrowed from C.  I don't think there is
any need to create a [0, len(x)) range, and then iterate over it; the
Pythonish way of writing it would be:

for item in x:
  my_dict['a'] = item
  ...

Not only does it make it clearer what is going on (item iterates over
sequence x), but it's also more efficient because the consing of
range() is avoided.