[Python-Dev] Crazy idea for str.join

Sat Apr 29 16:10:43 CEST 2006

Edward Loper wrote:
> This is incompatible with the recent proposal making str.join 
> automatically str-ify its arguments. i.e.:
>> ''.join(['a', 12, 'b']) -> 'a12b'.
>> I don't feel strongly about either proposal, I just thought I'd point 
> out that they're mutually exclusive.

Doesn't accepting objects that support the buffer interface come for free with 
stringification? (My understanding of buffer objects is fairly sketchy, so I 
may be missing something here. . .)
Cheers,
Nick.
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