On Mon, May 4, 2020, 10:55 AM Ricky Teachey <ri...@teachey.org> wrote:
> I'm wondering if a `mode` (or similar) keyword argument, with multiple > possible options, should be included in the "rejected" section of the PEP. > > zip(*args, mode="longest") <-- default > zip(*args, mode="equal") <-- or "even" > Whoops apologies, I intended to say: zip(*args, mode="shortest") <-- default zip(*args, mode="equal") <-- or "even" And (correction in caps): An advantage of this way is if the option to zip in different ways proves > popular, you could later add zip LONGEST as an option, and maybe others I'm > not smart enough to think of: > > zip(*args, mode="longest") > > The PEP should argue against doing this since `strict= True or False` > forever limits you to only two modes of zipping. >
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