On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 07:10, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > PS. Why wasn't a new builtin zip_strict() on the menu? I think I would have > > given it at least +0.5, because of this rule of thumb. > > I would think that if zip_strict() added as a builtin, then zip_longest() > should too. > > And the fact that zip_longest was not added as a builtin made me think that > it was a non-starter.
I think that's just because zip_longest isn't a very compelling alternative to zip. I've known of it for a long time and I don't remember *ever* using it. If builtins had zip_shortest (i.e. current zip), zip_strict and zip_longest then I think I would use zip_strict 95% of the time, zip_shortest 5% of the time and zip_longest 0% of the time. -- Oscar _______________________________________________ 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/AIP52CKLKOPUOZAOSBFO2SWKJZGKYLHE/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
