Daniel Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> So now FOLD. This is actually the one we've always hated most, > because, apart from a few examples involving + or *, almost every time > we see a FOLD call with a non-trivial function argument, we have to > grab pen and paper and imagine the *result* of a function flowing back > in as the *argument* to a function. Plus, there are *more* arguments > coming in on the side! This is all absurdly complicated. Because > almost all the examples of FOLD we found in practice could be written > as a simple loop with an accumulator, this style should be preferred, > perhaps with us providing a simple helper function to abstract away > the boilerplate code. At any rate, FOLD must fold. Couldn't you leave it in for just another month? And during the remaining month, we'll just call it the "APRIL FOLD". -- Tom Breton, the calm-eyed visionary -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
