text_combined: greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz martin v löwis wrote follow advice guido gave use data structure make code shortest easiest read given choice list vs dict code almost identical either way toss coin make educated guesses based know data type premature optimization root evil phrase seems widely misused making code bloated convoluted without good evidence necessity premature optimisation picking appropriate data structure task based experience good design practice greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 154658 1300 pythondev complexity documentation request