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On Sunday, 2 September 2012 17:53:16 UTC+5:30, Mark Lawrence  wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 13:00, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> 
> > On 02.09.12 12:52, Peter Otten wrote:
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> >> Ian Kelly wrote:
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> >>
> 
> >>> Rewriting the example to use locale.strcoll instead:
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> >>
> 
> >>>>>> sorted(li, key=functools.cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll))
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> >>
> 
> >> There is also locale.strxfrm() which you can use directly:
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> >>
> 
> >> sorted(li, key=locale.strxfrm)
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> >
> 
> > Hmm, and with locale.strxfrm Python 3.3 20% slower than 3.2.
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> >
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> >
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> 
> 
> That's it then I'm giving up with Python.  In future I'll be writing 
> 
> everything in machine code to ensure that I get the fastest possible run 
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> times.
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> 
> 
> -- 
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> Cheers.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Lawrence.

please make it  *heavily optimized* machine code