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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 |
| Date | 2016-04-07 22:37 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.62.1460090229.2253.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <874mbdi5ai.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <CALwzid==D4+ADD5fpzOG_8RQ+jqp0Bnn+wZay7SWuLRrPRpA4g@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.60.1460069789.2253.python-list@python.org> <87twjchgyd.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <CALwzid=+OsQZfdhEQ4PPuBO8YeQAXMHR_6Sty3PH3q44YqJzRQ@mail.gmail.com> |
On Apr 7, 2016 10:22 PM, "Marko Rauhamaa" <marko@pacujo.net> wrote: > > Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>: > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote: > >> I use AVL trees to implement timers. You need to be able to insert > >> elements in a sorted order and remove them quickly. > > > > Why would AVL trees implementing timers ever need non-numeric keys > > though? > > > > It seems to me that if you're mixing types like this then the ordering > > is likely not actually important. > > The keys are expiry times. You could use numbers or you could use > datetime objects. Yes, but why would you want to use both? > Ordering is crucial when it comes to timers. I'm not disputing that.
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Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-07 12:26 -0700
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-07 22:32 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-07 14:15 -0700
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 07:22 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-04-08 02:20 -0400
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 09:53 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-08 00:03 -0700
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 10:40 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-08 01:43 -0700
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 07:17 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 22:37 -0600
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 08:00 +0300
Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-04-08 02:12 -0400
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