Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
skeleton here: https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ/py-mailing-list-summary On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 9:50 PM Christopher Barker wrote: > > I encourage you to look in the archives of this list for the previous > discussion -- there are some good starting points there. > > Also -- rather than a series

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
in markdown i guess, @vstinner and @matrixise initiative to rewrite a tuto for cpython beginners is really awesome according to me, yes, that's the right idea! Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club | https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ Mauritius On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, 21:50 Christoph

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Christopher Barker
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 10:40 AM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer < arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm up for writing it, > I encourage you to look in the archives of this list for the previous discussion -- there are some good starting points there. Also -- rather than a series of posts, a community-wr

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
I'm up for writing it, in fact i'm planning on a series of posts/mini books for the threads, too many, i repeat again too many gems are hidden away in the arc-hive. Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer http://www.pythonmembers.club | https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ Mauritius On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, 13:12 Jona

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Christopher Barker
I think is was a couple years ago that someone on this list suggested a “commonly suggested and rejected ideas” PEP. I don’t know that it should be a PEP, but it would be a good idea to have such a document in an “official” place. We could start with this one. Interestingly (to me), Chris’s expl

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:28 AM Jonathan Fine wrote: > > Disclaimer: I've not recently read any discussions of this topic. And > everything I say is my own opinion. > > SUMMARY > The syntax of Python's string join operator are a consequence of Python's > core design decisions and coding princip

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Jonathan Fine
Disclaimer: I've not recently read any discussions of this topic. And everything I say is my own opinion. SUMMARY The syntax of Python's string join operator are a consequence of Python's core design decisions and coding principles, together with the semantics of join. I'll explain this in a serie

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Juancarlo Añez
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 5:11 AM Jonathan Fine wrote: > I'm willing to provide some useful information, if you're willing to write > it up into a good blog post. > ... or a PEP for rejection. Deal! -- Juancarlo *Añez* ___ Python-ideas mailing list Py

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-24 Thread Jonathan Fine
I'm willing to provide some useful information, if you're willing to write it up into a good blog post. -- Jonathan ___ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python

Re: [Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/23/2019 7:35 PM, Juancarlo Añez wrote: I know it has been discussed endlessly, So please read any of the endless discussions either on this list or python-list. I myself have answered multiple times. -- Terry Jan Reedy ___ Python-ideas mail

[Python-ideas] Why not ['a','b','c'].join(',') ?

2019-03-23 Thread Juancarlo Añez
I know it has been discussed endlessly, so just a gentle reminder about the final arguments would be good. I think I remember it was discussed recently, mentioning that join() doesn't convert elements to strings? This came up while reading this speculative article about how programmers migrate fro