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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-06-10 05:03:17 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-06-10 05:03:17 (GMT) |
| commit | 33ecffb65ae43ece95e4d828f95819395187d579 (patch) | |
| tree | 499adce5b4fc964973a8e72baf2c6214bcef89e3 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | 7d019664d7fcd3692eafef668fbc2e17126dee14 (diff) | |
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SF patch #969791: Add nlargest() and nsmallest() to heapq.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 3f4151f..4a67916 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -449,7 +449,10 @@ improved performance: \module{Queue}, \module{mutex}, \module{shlex} \item The \module{heapq} module has been converted to C. The resulting tenfold improvement in speed makes the module suitable for handling - high volumes of data. + high volumes of data. In addition, the module has two new functions + \function{nlargest()} and \function{nsmallest()} that use heaps to + find the largest or smallest n values in a dataset without the + expense of a full sort. \item The \module{imaplib} module now supports IMAP's THREAD command. (Contributed by Yves Dionne.) |