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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-09-22 21:47:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-09-22 21:47:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 3e124ae739db8dc6ad43687d6b14466a572a6f8e (patch) | |
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Issue #1766304: Optimize membership testing for ranges: 'n in range(...)'
does an O(1) check, if n is an integer. Non-integers aren't affected.
Thanks Robert Lehmann.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 198ff7b..ef021dd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -925,6 +925,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. >>> list(range(1, 0)) [] + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + Testing integers for membership takes constant time instead of + iterating through all items. + .. function:: repr(object) |