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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 11:35:36 +1100
Subject: Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> Although, to be honest, I'm wondering if this is more straight-forward
> (also not tested):
>
> def myzip37(*args):
>     if not args:
>         return
>     iters = list(map(iter, args))

Yes, I prefer this too. It's explicit and clear that passing no
arguments will yield no values.

ChrisA