[Python-Dev] a different kind of reduce...

Tue Nov 1 02:24:11 CET 2005

Martin Blais wrote:
> I'm always--literally every time-- looking for a more functional form,
> something that would be like this:
>> # apply dirname() 3 times on its results, initializing with p
> ... = repapply(dirname, 3, p)

Maybe ** should be defined for functions so that you
could do things like
 up3levels = dirname ** 3
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