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Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers?

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In article <mailman.13850.1410102277.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> You can't store a list in memory; what you store is a set of bits 
> which represent some metadata and a bunch of pointers.


Well, technically, what you store is something which has the right 
behavior.  If I wrote:

my_huffman_coded_list = [0] * 1000000

I don't know of anything which requires Python to actually generate a 
million 0's and store them somewhere (even ignoring interning of 
integers).  As long as it generated an object (perhaps a subclass of 
list) which responded to all of list's methods the same way a real list 
would, it could certainly build a more compact representation.

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How to turn a string into a list of integers? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-03 13:27 +0100
  Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-09-03 14:52 +0200
    Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-03 15:48 +0100
      Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-09-04 22:06 +0100
        Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-05 09:42 +0100
          Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Kurt Mueller <kurt.alfred.mueller@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 19:56 +0200
            Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-06 15:47 +1000
              Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-09-06 10:22 +0200
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-06 21:17 +1000
              Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Kurt Mueller <kurt.alfred.mueller@gmail.com> - 2014-09-06 14:15 +0200
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-07 04:19 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Kurt Mueller <kurt.alfred.mueller@gmail.com> - 2014-09-06 21:28 +0200
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-07 11:47 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-09-07 15:52 +0100
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-08 03:02 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-07 10:53 -0700
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-08 04:08 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-07 11:34 -0700
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-08 10:14 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-08 08:44 +0300
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-08 15:53 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-08 03:41 -0400
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-08 01:04 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-09-07 11:40 -0400
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-08 04:00 +1000
                Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-08 10:12 +1000
              Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-06 22:23 +1000
          Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 20:25 +0200
          Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Kurt Mueller <kurt.alfred.mueller@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 21:16 +0200
          Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Kurt Mueller <kurt.alfred.mueller@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 22:41 +0200
      Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 10:12 +1000
      Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 20:09 -0600
      Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 12:15 +1000
        Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-06 14:27 +1000
  Re: How to turn a string into a list of integers? obedrios@gmail.com - 2014-09-03 07:30 -0700

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