[Tutor] SciPy Optimize-like calling function as string

[Alan Gauld]

On 18/02/17 21:52, Joseph Slater wrote:
> I'm trying to use the scipy.optimize code ...
> I've seen this done with dictionaries on some pages, 
> but it seems that this is intended to be faster

There is a saying in programming that premature
optimization is the root of all evil.

If you don't know that you need to optimize then your
time is usually better spent elsewhere. Dictionaries
are pretty fast in Python and I'd suggest you try
that first before shaving milliseconds in places
that may not be where you need to make savings.

Identify an actual problem, then identify the cause
and optimise that. Don't try to second guess the future.
Most performance problems are down to bad algorithms
or bad data structures not bad dispatch techniques.

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