In mailman.1142.1285722789.29448.python-l...@python.org Terry Reedy
tjre...@udel.edu writes:
Do not try to do a reduction with a comprehension. Just write clear,
straightforward code that obviously works.
s=[1,2,3,4,5,6]
def cusum(s):
t = 0
for i in s:
t += i
yield t
kj wrote:
I'm interested in reading people's take on the question and their
way of dealing with those functions they consider worthy of the
standard library.)
Well, I have no functions than I'm lobbying to get into the stdlib, but
for all those handy-dandy utility functions, decorators, and
kj no.em...@please.post writes:
But in the immediate term, cusum is not part of the standard library.
Where would you put it if you wanted to reuse it? Do you create
a module just for it? Or do you create a general stdlib2 module
with all those workhorse functions that have not made it to
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote:
As for the stdlib, the natural places for such a function would be
either itertools or functools, and the function should probably be called
scan, inspired by this:
Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com writes:
Python's version would be like scanl with an optional arg to make it
like scanl1.
Vs APL's expand operator?
I'm not familiar with that but maybe it's similar.
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