On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Roy Smith wrote: > Tom Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's modelled after the way cmp treats lists - if a and b are lists, >> icmp(iter(a), iter(b)) should always be the same as cmp(a, b). >> >> Is this any good? Would it be any use? Should this be added to itertools? > > Whatever happens, please name it something other than icmp. When I read > "icmp", I think "Internet Control Message Protocol".
Heh! That's a good point. The trouble is, icmp is clearly the Right Thing to call it from the point of view of itertools, continuing the pattern of imap, ifilter, izip etc. Wouldn't it be clear from context that this was nothing to do with ICMP? tom -- Gotta treat 'em mean to make 'em scream. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
