loop beats generator expr creating large dict!?

[Steve Holden]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> David Isaac wrote:
> 
> 
>>The current situation is:  use a loop because the obvious generator
>>approach is not efficient.
> 
> 
> "not efficient" compared to what ?
> 
Compared to understanding what's actually going on and working with 
reality as opposed to some superstitious view of how the interpreter 
operates, perhaps?

Dag nab it, I'm turning into the effbot!

regards
  Steve
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