On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 12:38:42PM +0300, Ville Vainio wrote:
> >>>>> "Raymond" == Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Raymond> If the experience works out, then all you're left with is
> Raymond> the trivial matter of convincing Guido that function
> Raymond> attributes are a sure cure for the burden of typing
> Raymond> import statements.
>
> For one thing, it would make it harder to find the functions from the
> docs. It's easy to find the doc for 'itertools', but iter object
> methods would require browsing that infamous Chapter 2 of the
> documentation...
>
> Apart from that, I don't really see the advantage in moving away from
> itertools.
I only use itertools when I have to currently, which isn't necessarily
bad (premature optimization etc) but I do use lists when I just need an
iterator - simply because 'list()' is easier to type than
'^<space><home>^n^nimport itertools as it<CR>^x^x' (emacsen to mark HERE,
jump to the top, import itertools, and jump back). If itertools methods
were handier I'd use them when I just want to iterate. As an anecdote
I use generator comprehensions[1] more often than list comprehensions.
I'll give the builtin manipulations a try but since I have to deal with
many machines I can't promise to flex it much.
-jack
[1] aside, I didn't care too much about upgrading machines 2.2 => 2.3, but
when 2.4 came along with set as a builtin and generator comprehensions it
was compelling.
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