Modules in Python: deque
Explore how to create and use Python’s deque from the collections module, understand its methods like append, rotate, and how to handle file data efficiently with bounded deques. Learn the difference between deque and lists for optimized performance.
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About deque
According to the Python documentation, “deques are a generalization of stacks and queues”.
They are pronounced “deck” which is short for
“double-ended queue”. They are a replacement container for the Python
list. Deques are thread-safe and support memory efficient appends and
pops from either side of the deque. A list is optimized for fast
fixed-length operations. A deque accepts a maxlen argument which sets the
bounds for the deque. ...