Michael McNeil Forbes wrote: > Are there any other more generic solutions (without having to write > "custom" functions like numpy.sqrt)?
No. *Someone* always has to write those "custom" functions. In the case of len() and abs(), that someone was Guido. For numpy.sqrt(), that someone was Travis Oliphant. For anything else you want, that someone is probably you. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
