On Aug 10, 2014, at 05:24 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>Actually ... if I were a fan of the "".join() idiom, I'd seriously
>propose 0.sum(numeric_iterable) as the RightThang{tm]. Then we could
>deprecate "".join(string_iterable) in favor of "".sum(string_iterable)
>(with the same efficient semantics).Ever since ''.join was added, there has been vague talk about adding a join() built-in. If the semantics and argument syntax can be worked out, I'd still be in favor of that. Probably deserves a PEP and a millithread community bikeshed paintdown. -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com