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Re: Question about `list.insert`

References <4041bba7-91bc-4803-9150-2fcf14ecb5a9@googlegroups.com> <mailman.6471.1391741496.18130.python-list@python.org> <roy-5342A1.22005606022014@news.panix.com>
Date 2014-02-07 14:14 +1100
Subject Re: Question about `list.insert`
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.6473.1391742893.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.6471.1391741496.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
>
>> list does not promise better than O(1) behavior
>
> I'm not aware of any list implementations, in any language, that
> promises better than O(1) behavior for any operations.  Perhaps there is
> O(j), where you just imagine the operation was performed?

I have a printer that executes in O(1/N) time, where N is the number
of marbles the sysadmin (me!) has lost. The less sanity I have, the
more printouts it produces. And the less printouts it produces, the
more marbles I lose trying to figure out WHY? WHY? WHY?!?

Okay, I'm done ranting about Windows and 1990s accounting packages and
modern PostScript printers.

ChrisA

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Question about `list.insert` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 15:59 -0800
  Re: Question about `list.insert` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-06 19:40 -0500
  Re: Question about `list.insert` MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-07 00:42 +0000
  Re: Question about `list.insert` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-06 21:48 -0500
  Re:Question about `list.insert` Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-06 21:54 -0500
    Re: Question about `list.insert` Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-06 22:00 -0500
      Re: Question about `list.insert` Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 19:08 -0800
      Re: Question about `list.insert` Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-06 21:11 -0600
        Re: Question about `list.insert` Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-06 22:12 -0500
          Re: Question about `list.insert` Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-02-07 17:18 +1300
      Re: Question about `list.insert` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-07 14:14 +1100
      Re: Question about `list.insert` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-07 14:20 +1100
        Re: Question about `list.insert` Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 19:29 -0800
          Re: Question about `list.insert` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-07 14:45 +1100
      Re: Question about `list.insert` Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 19:28 -0800
  Re: Question about `list.insert` Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 20:52 -0800
    Re: Question about `list.insert` Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 21:18 -0800
  Re: Question about `list.insert` Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-07 09:25 +0100

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