[Python-Dev] Crazy idea for str.join

Sat Apr 29 16:15:40 CEST 2006

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 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. . .)

It's quite possible that I'm the one who was confused.. I just tried it 
out with string-based buffers, and for that case at least it works fine. 
 I don't know about other buffers. So actually these two proposals 
might be compatible after all.
-Edward