This is a feature, not a flaw.
From: Python-ideas [mailto:python-ideas-bounces+tritium-list=sdamon....@python.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Heger Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 11:14 PM To: python-ideas <python-ideas@python.org> Subject: [Python-ideas] discontinue iterable strings standard python should discontinue to see strings as iterables of characters - length-1 strings. I see this as one of the biggest design flaws of python. It may have seem genius at the time, but it has passed it usefulness for practical language use. For example, numpy has no issues >>> np.array('abc') array('abc', dtype='<U3') whereas, as all know, >>> list('abc') ['a', 'b', 'c'] Numpy was of course design a lot later, with more experience in practical use (in mind). Maybe a starting point for transition that latter operation also returns ['abc'] in the long run, could be to have an explicit split operator as recommended use, e.g., 'abc'.split() 'abc'.split('') 'abc'.chars() 'abc'.items() the latter two could return an iterator whereas the former two return lists (currently raise exceptions). Similar for bytes, etc.
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