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

Edward Loper edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Sat Apr 29 16:15:40 CEST 2006

Nick Coghlan wrote:

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. . .)

It's quite possible that I'm the one who was confused.. I just tried it out with string-based buffers, and for that case at least it works fine. I don't know about other buffers. So actually these two proposals might be compatible after all.

-Edward

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