[Python-Dev] re: list comprehension / pop quiz

[Mark Favas]

Greg Wilson wrote:

2. Need separate functions for creating tuples, lists, dicts, etc.  I
   liked Ken M.'s idea of one function that took a type argument, and
   stitched/married/wove/welded/whatever'd its arguments to create
   something of that type, as it would require only one new function.

I'd like to endorse Ken's idea very strongly - and suggest the name
"plait" (which can clearly operate on 2, 3, 4, or more strands - and can
produce beautiful effects...

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