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Re: .split() Qeustion

From Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it>
Subject Re: .split() Qeustion
Date 2013-08-15 16:38 +0200
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wxjmfauth@gmail.com writes:

> As a stupid scientist, I have the habbit to compare
> things of the same nature with the same units.
>
> This *string* containing one *character*
>
>>>> sys.getsizeof('a')
> 26
>
> consumes 26 *bytes*.

I'm not an expert in stupid science, and I fail to see the "common"
nature of the stuff you are comparing. Strings are not characters, and
neither the latter are bytes.

Anyway, trying to apply the same stupid science, I notice a much more
amazing fact:

>>> sys.getsizeof(True)
24

Does Python really needs twentyfour bytes to store a *single* bit of
information?? Wow, since by definition a byte contains eight bits,
there's a factor of 192... what a shame!

:-)

> —————
>
> Python seems to consider os.linesep as a
> str.
>
>>>> isinstance(os.linesep, str)
> True

Yes, I bet in stupid languages that would be either a single character,
or a tuple of two or more characters, much more usable and compact.

> —————
>
> PS A "mole" is not a number.

Oh, nice to know. And OOC, what is a "mole" in your stupid science?
OTOH, WTF does that matter in current thread and with Python in general?

ciao, lele.
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.split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 21:51 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2013-08-13 22:12 -0700
    Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 08:30 +0000
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 11:31 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 13:29 +0000
        Re: .split() Qeustion Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-15 09:15 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 02:46 -0700
            Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 10:54 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 11:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 06:58 -0700
      Re: .split() Qeustion Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-08-14 13:45 +0200
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 12:55 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-14 07:32 -0700
          Re: .split() Qeustion random832@fastmail.us - 2013-08-14 13:05 -0400
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 07:17 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:14 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 00:46 -0700
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 16:38 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-08-15 15:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 17:30 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 16:43 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:13 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 00:29 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-16 05:27 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-17 02:38 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 03:45 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:30 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:24 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-17 11:16 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-16 15:59 +1000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 07:14 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-16 06:14 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 09:23 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-17 01:09 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-17 07:55 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-18 11:30 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-18 00:17 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-16 13:59 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 17:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 19:28 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:17 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 19:40 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-15 17:40 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-15 22:56 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:39 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:41 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-08-14 12:29 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-14 12:38 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:46 +0100
          Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-14 15:45 -0400
  Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-14 05:35 +0000
  Re: .split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 22:44 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Krishnan Shankar <i.am.songoku@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 22:37 -0700
  .split() Qeustion "Alfonso Andalon Jr." <alfonsoandalon@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 21:31 -0700

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