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Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2012-10-05 17:24 -0600
Subject Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/10/fmap-inverse-of-python-map-function.html
>>
>> Your fmap is a special case of reduce.
>
> So is map.

I realize that.  My point is that the function *feels* more like a
variant of reduce than of map.

> If it's meant as a complaint, it's a poor one.

It's not.

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fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 13:19 -0700
  Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 15:31 -0600
  Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 15:43 -0600
  Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 18:52 -0400
  Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 17:24 -0600
  Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 19:30 -0400
    Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 11:57 -0700
      Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 15:07 -0700
      Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 15:07 -0700
    Re: fmap(), "inverse" of Python map() function vasudevram <vasudevram@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 11:57 -0700

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