> I think that the issue of searchability and signature are pretty > compelling reasons for such a simple feature to be part of the > function name.
I would absolutely agree with that if all three function were in the same namespace (like the string methods referred to earlier), but in this case, one is a built in and the others will not be — which makes a huge difference in discoverability. Imagine someone that uses zip() in code that works for a while, and then discovers a bug triggered by unequal length inputs. If it’s a flag, they look at the zip docstring, and find the flag, and their problem is solved. Is it’s in itertools, they have to think to look there. Granted, some googling will probably lead them there, and the zip() docstring can point them there, but it’s still a heavier lift. -CHB > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/YJ3PBENBNHXPQIEJVRTTXGQHHTSDY67B/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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