[Paul Rubin] > ISTR there's also a plan to eliminate map in Python 3.0 in favor of > list comprehensions. That would get rid of the possibility of using > map(None...) instead of izip_longest. This needs to be thought through.
Not to fear. If map() eventually loses its built-in status, it will almost certainly reappear in the functional module. Also, if Py3.0 changes the balance of needs and tools, I will certainly adapt the itertools module as needed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list