Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Thomas Wouters wrote:
>> It doesn't matter. Either case is confusing, one way or another, as Tim
>> has already argued. Changing it would be a big mistake. If you want me
>> to come with more comprehensive arguments (other than what Tim already
>> covered), please come with more comprehensive arguments *for* the
>> change, too.
>
> What if the join() builtin had a similar signature to min() & max(), and the
> separator was a keyword only argument? Something like:
>
> def join(*args, **kwds):
In many cases what I pass to join() is a generator expression. If the
separator was a separate argument, I'd have to wrap the generator in (),
which IMHO is uglier that the status quo:
",".join(word.upper() for word in words)
vs.
join((word.upper() or word in words), sep=",")
Servus,
Walter
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