[Python-Dev] Crazy idea for str.join (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Apr 29 16:10:43 CEST 2006


Edward Loper wrote:

This is incompatible with the recent proposal making str.join automatically str-ify its arguments. i.e.:

''.join(['a', 12, 'b']) -> 'a12b'. I don't feel strongly about either proposal, I just thought I'd point out that they're mutually exclusive.

Doesn't accepting objects that support the buffer interface come for free with stringification? (My understanding of buffer objects is fairly sketchy, so I may be missing something here. . .)

Cheers, Nick.

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