On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 18:12 -0700, Steve Howell wrote: > [...] there is no way > that "uniquekeys" is a sensible variable [...]
That's because the OP didn't heed the advice from the docs that "Generally, the iterable needs to already be sorted on the same key function." > http://informixdb.blogspot.com/2007/04/power-of-generators-part-two.html > > > > Do we now, or could we, link to this example from the > docs? Do we? No. Could we? Technically we could, but I'm not sure we should. The article is about more than just groupby. I just brought it up as one readily available instance of an independent source of examples. > To repeat myself, I think a concrete example is > beneficial even on the main page: I disagree. Examples add clutter to the page of synopses. Somebody looking for examples should look on the page that's conveniently called Examples. Suppose hypothetically you wanted to show off a really neat example that involves chain, izip, and groupby. If the examples were forced into the page of function synopses, you'd have to duplicate it in all three functions, or randomly pick one function for which your example is an example. Having a separate examples page that is not arbitrarily sectioned by function name makes more sense. Best regards, -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
