On Oct 16, 12:24 pm, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > [snip] > As for what you want: No, it's not currently possible. If it's so big > a deal that the various methods presented don't meet with your approval, > break out the C and write your own. Then you could give that back to > the community instead of your snide remarks. > > ~Ethan~
I didn't get the impression that Austin was being snide. Instead, I get the impression that they are someone from a different programming background (C++/STL) who has not had sufficient exposure to the Python way of doing things. I believe Austin is genuinely curious as to why Python may not implement features found in another programming environment. Coming from a C/C++ background myself, it took me a while to un-learn certain idioms. I still find myself "thinking in C" on occasion, only to find a more elegant way to accomplish the task. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
