On 2010-03-25, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: >> You might not want to be so glib. The sum doc sure doesn't >> sound like it should work on lists. >> >> Returns the sum of a sequence of numbers (NOT strings) plus the >> value of parameter 'start' (which defaults to 0). > > What part of that suggested to you that sum might not be polymorphic? > Sure, it says numbers (which should be changed, in my opinion), but it > doesn't specify what sort of numbers -- ints, floats, or custom types > that have an __add__ method.
WTF. -- Neil Cerutti "It's not fun to build walls. But it's even less fun to live without walls in a world full of zombies." --Greedy Goblin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
