document that deque indexing is O(n) #4123

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Benjamin Peterson 2008-10-16 18:52:14 +00:00
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@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ Notes on using :class:`Set` and :class:`MutableSet` as a mixin:
In addition to the above, deques support iteration, pickling, ``len(d)``,
``reversed(d)``, ``copy.copy(d)``, ``copy.deepcopy(d)``, membership testing with
the :keyword:`in` operator, and subscript references such as ``d[-1]``.
the :keyword:`in` operator, and subscript references such as ``d[-1]``. Indexed
access is O(1) at both ends but slows to O(n) in the middle. For fast random
access, use lists instead.
Example: