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Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution

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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
> On 03Dec2013 12:18, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>> I'd like to extracted elements from a heapq in a for loop.
>> I feel my solution below is much too complicated.
>> How to do it more elegantly?
>
> I can't believe nobody has mentioned PriorityQueue.

As far as I'm aware, the only advantage of PriorityQueue over heapq is
that the former is thread-safe, which does not appear to be relevant
here.  I haven't tested it for speed, but I imagine it would be a fair
bit slower, mostly thanks to the locking it needs to do.

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extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-03 12:18 +0000
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-03 13:38 +0100
    Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-04 09:36 +0000
      Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-04 10:50 +0100
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-03 04:40 -0800
    Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-04 09:37 +0000
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-03 13:06 +0000
    Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-04 09:39 +0000
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-12-03 15:56 +0200
    Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-04 09:41 +0000
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-12-04 08:13 +1100
    Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> - 2013-12-04 09:44 +0000
      Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be  more elegant solution Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-12-05 13:29 +1100
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-12-03 14:43 -0700
  Re: extracting a heapq in a for loop - there must be more elegant solution Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-12-03 17:32 -0500

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