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Re: operator module functions

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On 10/08/2014 12:09 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/8/2014 6:57 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> According to the documentation, operator.__add__ is the "official" function,
>> and operator.add is just there for convenience.
>
> You are paraphrasing "The function names are those used for special class methods; variants without leading and trailing
> __ are also provided for convenience."  But then there is the following:
>
> 10.3.1. Mapping Operators to Functions
>
> This table shows how abstract operations correspond to operator symbols in the Python syntax and the functions in the
> operator module.
> Operation     Syntax     Function
> Addition     a + b     add(a, b)
>
> etc, using the 'convenient' names. I would like to deprecate and eventually remove the dunder names.  To me, the
> duplication is not 'convenient'.

LOL, no kidding!  The main reason I bother using the operator module is for the readability of not seeing the dunders, 
and the writability of not having to type them.

--
~Ethan~

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operator module functions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-08 12:41 +1100
  Re: operator module functions Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-08 02:28 -0400
  Re: operator module functions marco.nawijn@colosso.nl - 2014-10-08 01:46 -0700
    Re: operator module functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 20:32 +1100
      Re: operator module functions Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-09 10:37 +1300
        Re: operator module functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-09 09:30 +1100
        Re: operator module functions Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-10-08 15:40 -0700
    Re: operator module functions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-08 21:57 +1100
      Re: operator module functions Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-08 15:09 -0400
      Re: operator module functions Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-10-08 12:38 -0700
      Re: operator module functions random832@fastmail.us - 2014-10-08 15:49 -0400
      Re: operator module functions Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 23:05 +0200
      Re: operator module functions Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 15:23 -0600
      Re: operator module functions Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-10-08 14:49 -0700
      Re: operator module functions Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-10-08 14:21 -0700
      Re: operator module functions Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-09 08:57 +1100
      Re: operator module functions Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-08 18:46 -0400
      Re: operator module functions Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-10-08 16:35 -0700
      Re: operator module functions Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-10-08 21:41 -0400

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