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Re: how to implement a queue-like container with sort function

Date 2013-12-04 08:17 +1100
From Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
Subject Re: how to implement a queue-like container with sort function
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On 02Dec2013 07:26, Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
> Actually, I had a long conversation in the #python IRC channel with
> the OP at the same time he was posting the question here, and it
> turns out he knows exactly how many entries are going into the
> "queue", so a plain-old list is the best solution.  I don't know
> quite where the idea of limiting the number of entries came from.

For me, it was because he said "fill the queue" in the OP. I took
that to imply that the queue had a capacity limit.

Cheers,
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