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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:12:57 -0600
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> > >  flatten, flattened
> > 
> > flatten is another often requested, hard to implement correctly,
> > function. The only reason that Python doesn't have a flatten is
> > that nobody can agree on precisely what it should do.
> 
> Steven, the definition of flatten (as relates to sequences) is
> very, VERY simple:
> 
>     Return a new sequence that is the result of reducing
>     a nested sequence of sequences into a single depth 
>     sequence.

What should you get if you flatten

  [[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]]

Should the result be

  [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6],[7,8]]

or

  [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

I've needed both cases, depending on the situation.

-tkc