[Python-Dev] PEP 201 - Parallel iteration

[Paul Prescod]

"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> I've been thinking a little bit about the other generators, especially
> irange().  I wonder if we shouldn't just be putting zip() and friends
> in their own Python module and not make them builtins?

I prefer builtins (or in some cases methods) for this type of slice and
dice functionality. It's not related to some particular datatype or 
domain.

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