speedy Python strings?

[Tim Delaney]

"Josiah Carlson" <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:

> Deleting from the front of a list results in every item being
> shifted up a single entry.  While this is insignificant for
> short lists, it is significant for long lists:

Note that there's been some very interesting discussions on python-dev
recently that may end up alleviating this issue somewhat in the future - but
no promises - there doesn't appear to be a consensus on the "right way" ...

Tim Delaney