How to store some elements from a list into another

[Grant Edwards]

On 2017-06-13, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:

>> def edges(items): # where items is a non-empty iterator
>>     first = next(items)
>>     last = functools.reduce(sekond, items, first)
>>     return [first, last]
>> 
>> Of course, right?
>
> Yeah, reduce() is certainly the cherry on the itertools cake ;)

Is the optional initializer the only difference between
functools.reduce() and the builtin reduce()?

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