"Robert Yacobellis" <ryacobel...@luc.edu> writes: > I've noticed that the str join() method takes an iterable, so in the > most general case I'm suggesting to add a join() method to every > Python-provided iterable (however, for split() vs. join() it would be > sufficient to just add a join() method to the list class).
That's the reasoning behind the rejection: to be friendly enough, you'd need to include the "join" method in the "sequence protocol", and implement it on every "sequence-like" object (be it some kind of UserList, or a generator, or an interator...) This question carries several references to the various threads on the subject: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/493819/python-join-why-is-it-string-joinlist-instead-of-list-joinstring ciao, lele. -- nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivrò di quello che ho pensato ieri real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincerò ad aver paura di chi mi copia. l...@metapensiero.it | -- Fortunato Depero, 1929. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
