I have fairly often found the need to split a sequence into two groups
based on a function result. Much like the existing filter function,
but returning a tuple of true, false sequences. In Python, something
like:
def split(seq, func=None):
if func is None:
func = bool
t, f = [], []
for item in seq:
if func(item):
t.append(item)
else:
f.append(item)
return (t, f)
The discussion linked to below has various approaches for doing this
now, but most traverse the sequence twice and many don't apply a
function to spit the sequence.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/949098/python-split-a-list-based-on-a-condition
Is there any interest in a C implementation of this? Seems too trivial
to write a PEP, so I'm just trying to measure interest before diving
in. This wouldn't really belong in intertool. Would it be best
implemented as a top level built-in?
-Brad
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