Some thougts on cartesian products

[Alex Martelli]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> wrote:
   ...
> What advantage is there to creating a "list with cartesian product"
> subclass of list?

Essentially, syntax sugar -- for some people, being able to code a*b
rather than product(a,b) takes on a huge significance; Python chooses to
support this syntax variation by special methods in classes, and thus
encourages people to create classes if they're keen on the syntax.


Alex