Interning own classes like strings for speed and size?

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/27/2010 6:05 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to solve a computational problem and of course speed and size is
> important there. Apart from picking the right algorithm, I came across an
> idea that could help speed up things and keep memory requirements down. What
> I have is regions described by min and max coordinates.

What sort of numbers are the coordinates? If integers in a finite range, 
your problem is a lot simpler than if float of indefinite precision.

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Terry Jan Reedy