Terry Reedy wrote:

> Str.join takes any iterable of strings and constructs a string.  Only
> str knows how to do that, though it could have a built-in that called a
> hypothetical .__join__ method.  However, Python started with just one
> string type and there does not seem much use for joining an indefinite
> number of tuples or lists. 

I can imagine

numbers = [655, 583, 675, 456, 496, 239, 888]
something = numbers.join (2)

but I can't imagine what it could possibly be for.  Something in the 
Goedelization line?

        Mel.


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