[Python-Dev] Death to string functions!

[Fredrik Lundh]

"Christopher Petrilli" wrote:
> didn't seem to look wrong. I finally put my finger on it, and I
> haven't seen anyone mention it, so I guess I'll do so.  To me, the
> concept of "join" on a string is just not quite kosher, instead it
> should be something like this:
> 
>      aList.join(" ")
> 
> or if you want it without the indirection:
> 
>      ['item', 'item', 'item'].join(" ")
> 
> Now *THAT* looks right to me.

why do we keep coming back to this?

aString.join can do anything string.join can do, but aList.join
cannot.  if you don't understand why, check the archives.

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