Re: There must be a better way (correction)

Date	2013-04-23 10:02 -0500
From	Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject	Re: There must be a better way (correction)
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On 2013-04-23 09:30, Tim Chase wrote:
> > But a csv.DictReader might still be more efficient. I never
> > tested. This is the only place I've used this "optimization".
> > It's fast enough. ;)
> 
> I believe the csv module does all the work at c-level, rather than
> as  pure Python, so it should be notably faster.

A little digging shows that csv.DictReader is pure Python, using the
underlying _csv.reader which is written in C for speed.

-tkc

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There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-20 19:46 -0400
  Re: There must be a better way Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-04-20 16:57 -0700
  Re: There must be a better way Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-21 00:06 +0000
    Re: There must be a better way Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-20 19:34 -0500
    Re: There must be a better way Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-04-20 21:07 -0400
      Re: There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-21 09:15 -0400
        Re: There must be a better way Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-04-21 16:39 +0300
          Re: There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-21 11:17 -0400
        Re: There must be a better way Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-04-21 15:43 +0200
          Re: There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-21 11:30 -0400
          Re: There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-21 11:30 -0400
        Re: There must be a better way Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-04-22 15:32 +0100
        Re: There must be a better way Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-22 14:42 +0000
          Re: There must be a better way "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-22 13:44 -0400
            Re: There must be a better way Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-23 13:36 +0000
              Re: There must be a better way Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-04-23 15:15 +0100
              Re: There must be a better way Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-23 09:30 -0500
              Re: There must be a better way Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-04-23 09:36 -0500
              Re: There must be a better way (correction) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-04-23 10:02 -0500

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