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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 00:36:50 +1000
Subject: Re: Python Interview Questions
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> However, this strikes me as encouraging some really
> inefficient code, like iterating over all the rows in a table with N+1
> queries (one to get the length, then a separate query for each row).

Huh. And then I scroll down, and that's precisely what he's doing. Do
you understand why this is a bad thing to do?

ChrisA