Re: What about an EXPLICIT naming scheme for built-ins?

From: Alex Martelli (aleaxit_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 11:00:29 +0200

Jp Calderone <exarkun@divmod.com> wrote:
   ...
> They are new. There is no reason to worry about breaking
> compatibility. Why sequences and not iterators? I would prefer the

sorted returns a sequence (a list) because it must build one anyway, and
it would be a waste NOT to return it in the several cases in which you
want one. list(iter(list(something))) is simply a stupid waste...

Alex

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