Paddy wrote: <<SNIP>> > Why not make sum work for strings too? > > It would remove what seems like an arbitrary restriction and aid > duck-typing. If the answer is that the sum optimisations don't work for > the string datatype, then wouldn't it be better to put a trap in the > sum code diverting strings to the reduce equivalent? > > Just a thought, > > - Paddy.
from __no_future__ import sum assert "Not likely" == sum(["Not ", "likely"], "", least_surprise=True) :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
