'string.join' is wrong in my Python console

[Robin Koch]

Am 03.12.2015 um 18:23 schrieb Terry Reedy:
> On 12/3/2015 11:00 AM, Robin Koch wrote:
>> Am 03.12.2015 um 10:02 schrieb Gary Herron:
>>> On 12/02/2015 10:55 PM, Robert wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I read the tutorial on "Why is join() a string method instead of a list
>>>>   or tuple method?"
>>>> at link:
>>>> https://docs.python.org/2/faq/design.html#why-must-self-be-used-explicitly-in-method-definitions-and-calls
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem on running the last line:
>>>> ---------------
>>>> If none of these arguments persuade you, then for the moment you can
>>>>   continue to use the join() function from the string module, which
>>>> allows
>>>>   you to write
>>>>
>>>> string.join(['1', '2', '4', '8', '16'], ", ")
>>>> -----------------------
> ...
>>> You are trying to use the *string* module without importing it, I'd
>>> guess.
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>      import string
>>> first then you should be able to access string.join without error.
>>
>> Now *I* am confused.
>>
>> Shouldn't it be
>>
>> ", ".join(['1', '2', '4', '8', '16'])
>>
>> instead? Without any importing?
>
> Yes, that is what one *should* do in late 2.x and indeed must do in 3.x,
> where the string module has been stripped of the functions that later
> became string methods.  The FAQ entry was written when the join method
> was new as a method and some people were upset by the reversal of the
> order of the two arguments, an iterable of strings and the joining string.

Thank you.
I figured that out by now. :-)

I just didn't followed the link of the OP.

-- 
Robin Koch