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| From | Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2013-05-31 11:52 +0000 |
On Fri, 31 May 2013 03:27:52 -0700, rusi wrote:
> On May 31, 2:08 pm, Alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 May 2013 20:38:40 +0100, MRAB wrote:
>> > And additional argument (pun not intended) for putting sep second is
>> > that you can give it a default value:
>>
>> > def join(iterable, sep=""): return sep.join(iterable)
>>
>> I think that is the winning argument.
>
> Yes
>
>> Next question is what should be the default ("", " " or',')?
>
> Hmm... Never thought there was any choice here except "". Yes can see
> the case for each.
to be fair "" is probably the most sensible although in my programs most
joins are using ','
--
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-- Mona Caird, 1892
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Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-31 09:08 +0000
Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 11:16 +0100
Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 03:27 -0700
Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-31 11:52 +0000
Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 09:39 -0600
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