Populating a dictionary, fast [SOLVED SOLVED]

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> writes:

>> Can you post minimal code that exhibits this behavior on Python 2.5.1?
>> The OP posted a lot of different versions, most of which worked just
>> fine for most people.
>
> Who were testing it on single-CPU, 32 bit systems.

Still, I'd like to see a test case that fails (works slowly) for you,
so that I (and others) can try it on different machines.  As I said,
the OP posted several versions of his code, and tended to depend on a
specific dataset.  A minimal test case would help more people debug
it.