On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Steve Howell <showel...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sequences are iterables, so I'd say the docs are technically correct, > but maybe I'm misunderstanding what you would be trying to clarify.
The doc string suggests that the argument to sum() must be a sequence, when in fact any iterable will do. The restriction in the docs should be relaxed to match the reality. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list