On Tuesday 2005-03-15 01:57, Guido van Rossum wrote: > I think the conclusion should be that sum() is sufficiently > constrained by backwards compatibility to make "fixing" it impossible > before 3.0. But in 3.0 I'd like to fix it so that the 2nd argument is > only used for empty lists.
Why's that better than having the 2nd argument only *needed* for empty lists, but *used* whenever it's given? -- g _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
