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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:54:27 -0700
Subject: Re: Complexity question on Python 3 lists
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:11:27 -0800, Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>"The growth pattern is: 0, 4, 8, 16, 25, 35, 46, 58, 72, 88, =85"
>> =A0 =A0-- list_resize()
>>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Rather perverse, is it not? The first set is plain doublin=
g, but
> then you get a series of increases by:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0... 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 16,...
>
> or
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0100%, 100%, 100%, 56%, 40%, 34%, 30%, 27%, 22%,...
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Big jump form 100% to 56%...

Based on the formula in the code, it would seem to asymptotically
approach 12.5%.