I'm having trouble on PS6. I wrote the following code:

def get_words_to_points(word_list):
"""
Return a dict that maps every word in word_list to its point value.
"""

for word in word_list:
score = get_word_score(word, HAND_SIZE, 1)
points_dict[word] = score
return

This totally bogs down my computer and even if I interrupt the program, IDLE continues running very slowly until I close it and restart. Am I doing something wrong creating the dictionary? Would I be better off not calling get_word_score and doing this within this function?

Question

I'm having trouble on PS6. I wrote the following code:

def get_words_to_points(word_list):
    """
    Return a dict that maps every word in word_list to its point value.
    """

    for word in word_list:
        score = get_word_score(word, HAND_SIZE, 1)
        points_dict[word] = score
    return

This totally bogs down my computer and even if I interrupt the program, IDLE continues running very slowly until I close it and restart. Am I doing something wrong creating the dictionary? Would I be better off not calling get_word_score and doing this within this function?

anonymous · Answer

By the way, 1 is the time used to determine score. I don't want a score affected by time so I set the time as 1. Also, points_dict is a global dictionary

anonymous · Answer

I was testing it with a counter and breaking it up every 1000 entries or so with raw_input and it seemed to be very slow. I wrote the program without calling get_word_score and it was very fast. I rewrote it again with the above code and it is working now. Not sure what the problem may have been.

anonymous · Answer

if you use a code pasting site, it is easier for the rest of us to comment.  when you post functions you are having a problem with, include the code that calls it and anything it relies on (constants, other functions etc)

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