Re: enhanced map function

2011-03-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:31:28 -0700, Patrick wrote: > Steven, > > Thanks for the info of itertools. It is a great start for me. Overall, I > agree with you that it is really the user data needs to be sorted out. > However, novice users may need help on certain patterns such as > "a=[1,[2,3],4], b=

Re: enhanced map function

2011-03-17 Thread Patrick
Steven, Thanks for the info of itertools. It is a great start for me. Overall, I agree with you that it is really the user data needs to be sorted out. However, novice users may need help on certain patterns such as "a=[1,[2,3],4], b=[5,[6,7,8],9,10]". We could just draw our line saying that simil

Re: enhanced map function

2011-03-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
on process. > and "a=[1,[2,3],4], b=[5,[6,7,8],9,10]". That means if the nesting > structure is the same, enhanced map function will automatically extend > the shorter list using the last element. It isn't clear what you want here. Are you expecting this enhanced map to rec

enhanced map function

2011-03-11 Thread Patrick
nesting only. I am looking for examples that could hand input of "a = [2,3], b=4" and "a=[1,[2,3],4], b=[5,[6,7,8],9,10]". That means if the nesting structure is the same, enhanced map function will automatically extend the shorter list using the last element. Or if the input