What about an EXPLICIT naming scheme for built-ins?

[Alex Martelli]

Jp Calderone <exarkun at divmod.com> wrote:
   ...
>    They are new.  There is no reason to worry about breaking 
> compatibility.  Why sequences and not iterators?  I would prefer the 

sorted returns a sequence (a list) because it must build one anyway, and
it would be a waste NOT to return it in the several cases in which you
want one.  list(iter(list(something))) is simply a stupid waste...


Alex