Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 14:46, Raymond Hettinger <pyt...@rcn.com> wrote:
>> I would like to deprecate some outdated functions in the operator module.
>>
>> The isSequenceType(), isMappingType(), and isNumberType()
>> functions never worked reliably and now their
>> intended purpose has been largely fulfilled by
>> ABCs.
>>
>> The isCallable() function has long been deprecated
>> and I think it's finally time to rip it out.
>>
>> The repeat() function never really corresponded to an
>> operator. Instead, it reflected an underlying implementation detail (namely
>> the naming of the sq_repeat slot and the abstract C API function
>> PySequence_Repeat). That functionality is already exposed by operator.mul:
>>
>> operator.mul('abc', 3) --> 'abcabcabc'
>
> +1 to all of it.
What Brett said.
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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