Re: really slow repeat loop
Re: really slow repeat loop
- Subject: Re: really slow repeat loop
- From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:02:55 -0800
On 1/18/05 5:51 PM, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:37:53 -0800, Andrew Oliver wrote:
>> As has been covered many times before, when appending to a list it is far,
>> far faster to:
>>
>> copy username to end of user_list
>>
>> Since it involves less memory moving, especially with large lists.
>
> Really? This suggests otherwise:
Oops. Did I get that wrong or are there cases where it does work the other
way round? Maybe when dereferencing objects rather than dealing with
primitives? Or maybe I just need more coffee. <sigh>
Andrew
:)
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