On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:41:39 -0800, Alex Martelli wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> What advantage is there to creating a "list with cartesian product" >> subclass of list? > > Essentially, syntax sugar -- for some people, being able to code a*b > rather than product(a,b) takes on a huge significance; Python chooses to > support this syntax variation by special methods in classes, and thus > encourages people to create classes if they're keen on the syntax.
I beg to differ: Python *allows* people to create classes if they're keen on the syntax (and I can sympathise with that like), but Python *encourages* by example generic tools that operate on as many different types as makes sense. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
