My own accounting python euler problem

[geremy condra]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve at remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:31:26 -0500, geremy condra wrote:
>
>> What you're describing is the powerset operation. Here's the example
>> from the python docs:
> [...]
>> What I find interesting is that running it through timeit, it is much
>> slower than the code suggested by Dan Bishop.
>
> Your test doesn't show what you think it shows. You shouldn't just
> blindly apply timeit without testing to see that the functions return
> what you think they return. Your test is, I'm afraid, totally bogus and
> the conclusion you draw is completely wrong.

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Doh! I even noticed that the asymptotic times didn't match up
and still blew right past the obvious answer. Thanks (again) for
the correction, Steven.

Geremy Condra