Re: itertools.filterfalse - what is it good for

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> can anybody point out a situation where you really need itertools.filterfalse() ?
Sometimes you get the predicate as a parameter to another function. This way if you want to filter out things you can easily do it. Other language (such as Clojure) have a "complement" function that removes the need of filterfalse.

For example (Python 3):
    def percent_spam(is_spam, documents):
        n_spam = sum(1 for _ in filter(is_spam, documents))
        n_ham = sum(1 for _ in filterfalse(is_spam, documents))
        return float(n_spam) / (n_ham + n_spam)

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itertools.filterfalse - what is it good for Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2013-03-08 16:45 +0000
  Re: itertools.filterfalse - what is it good for Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-03-08 17:02 +0000
  Re: itertools.filterfalse - what is it good for Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2013-03-09 12:30 -0800
  Re: itertools.filterfalse - what is it good for Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2013-03-09 12:30 -0800

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