yet another "Here's to 1.5.2" post

[Aahz]

In article <tnys8.11$p56.2333 at newsb.telia.net>,
Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>>
>> " ".join(mylist) # is this perl or python?
>
>*why* string objects have join method has been explained over and
>over and over again, ...

True.

> ...and should also be obvious for anyone with some
>knowledge how strings and sequences work in Python.

Maybe it "should" be, but I like to think I rank reasonbly high on the
ability to reason Pythonically, and I still think that "".join() is a
wart.
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