vary number of loops

[Reedick, Andrew]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org [mailto:python-
> list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Tim Chase
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:53 AM
> To: nullgraph at gmail.com
> Cc: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: vary number of loops
> 
> >
> > If n=3, I want to have 3 sets of elements and mix them up using 3
for
> > loops.
> 
> You might be ineterested in this thread:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-January/473650.html
> 
> where various solutions were proposed and their various merits
> evaluated.
> 

I second that.  The thread compared building loops on the fly, building
comprehensions nested to arbitrarily levels, recursion (sloooow!), a
slick cookbook recipe using iterators, etc. and provided timings for
each method.  Definitely worth bookmarking.



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