Russel Walker wrote: > Since I've already wasted a thread I might as well... > > Does this serve as an acceptable solution? > > def supersum(sequence, start=0): > result = type(start)() > for item in sequence: > try: > result += supersum(item, start) > except: > result += item > return result
That depends on what is an acceptable result ;) For instance: >>> supersum([2, 3], 1) 5 >>> supersum([[1], ["abc"]], []) [1, 'a', 'b', 'c'] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
