[Python-Dev] Operator module deprecations

[Guido van Rossum]

+1 indeedy.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brett Cannon wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 14:46, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>>> I would like to deprecate some outdated functions in the operator module.
>>>
>>> The isSequenceType(), isMappingType(), and isNumberType()
>>> functions never worked reliably and now their
>>> intended purpose has been largely fulfilled by
>>> ABCs.
>>>
>>> The isCallable() function has long been deprecated
>>> and I think it's finally time to rip it out.
>>>
>>> The repeat() function never really corresponded to an
>>> operator.  Instead, it reflected an underlying implementation detail (namely
>>> the naming of the sq_repeat slot and the abstract C API function
>>> PySequence_Repeat).  That functionality is already exposed by operator.mul:
>>>
>>>  operator.mul('abc', 3) --> 'abcabcabc'
>>
>> +1 to all of it.
>
> What Brett said.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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