[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #13641: Decoding functions in the base64 module now accept ASCII-only

Tue Feb 21 00:13:24 CET 2012

On 2012年2月20日 16:31:13 -0500
Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>> I am a little puzzled why a constant sequence of pairs is being stored 
> as a mapping instead of a tuple (or list) of 2-tuples (which is compiled 
> more efficiently). As near as I can tell, 'tests' and similar constructs 
> later in the file are never used as mappings. Am I missing something or 
> is this just the way Catalin wrote it?

This is just the way Catalin wrote it. If the style bothers you, you
can always change it. I don't think it makes much of a difference
either way.
(but if you really care about compilation efficiency in tests you are
probably the victim of premature optimization)
Regards
Antoine.