Oops: difference in operation of string.join and ''.join

[Erik Max Francis]

John Thingstad wrote:

> >>> ''.join([x+y for x, y in zip('test', 'dust')])
> 'tdeusstt'
> >>> import string
> >>> string.join([x+y for x, y in zip('test', 'dust')])
> 'td eu ss tt'
> 
> What is this?

That's because they're not equivalent.  string.join and ' '.join would
be, though.

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