permuting several lists (was Re: [Python-Dev] zip() and list-comprehension with commas)
Guido van Rossum
guido@beopen.com
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:38:28 -0500
> Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw@beopen.com>:
> > Is weave() perhaps a better name?
[ESR]
> I *like* it. Better than the `with()' I independently invented.
>
> I think the fact that three people indeoendently invented
> with()/parallel()/weave()/zip() in responmse to the syntax discussion
> is in itself pretty good evidence that a generator builtin would be better
> than new syntax.
Yes, I agree. Main reason: it's trivial to combine this with list
comprehensions, while the ';' notation had real problems there.
My bid for a name: splice().
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)