greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz dimitrios apostolou wrote hand notes could added various oddities according experience example sets 10 elements list would probably better hashing overhead thats sort thing tends implementation dependent cpython others different releases cpython hmmm first thing comes mind prepending item list small seems nice think yeah theres substitute least rough idea object youre using implemented eg array vs linked list kind basic information something think ought documented guarantees made language definition example think python implementation implemented lists linked lists would make many people unhappy algorithms suddenly went onm onm1 without anyone telling greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 184408 1300 pythondev complexity documentation request