list.without()?

[Magnus L. Hetland]

"Mike Fletcher" <mcfletch at vrtelecom.com> writes:

> Well...
> 
> def without( source, element):
> 	temp = source[:]
> 	while temp:
> 		try:
> 			temp.remove( element )
> 		except:
> 			break
> 	return temp

Whoa!

Why on *earth* would you use a while/try/break-combination? IMO a much
more natural solution would be:

def without(source, element):
    result = source[:]
    if element in result:
        result.remove(element)
    return result

My point was that I wanted a method in the standard libraries, or,
preferrably as a list method. I guess the closest I got wat the filter
suggestion.

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