[Python-3000] Python 3000 Status Update (Long!)

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Tue Jun 19 18:34:32 CEST 2007


> > written using list-comprehensions.. so why  _reduce_?
> 
> Don't worry, it wasn't complete removed. Reduce was moved to functools

Though, really, same question!  There are functional equivalents (list
comprehensions) for "map" and "filter", but not for "reduce".
Shouldn't "reduce" stay in the 'built-in' space, while the other two
move to "functools"?  Or move them all to "functools"?  Bizarre
recombination, IMO.

Bill


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