[Python-ideas] Fast sum() for non-numbers - why so much worries?

[Joshua Landau]

On 12 July 2013 22:33, David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:

> Even though we have TOOWTDI, in reality there are lots of Python
> constructs that one *can* do, but really just *shouldn't*.  Using sum() on
> sequences feels about like ._getframe() hacks or slightly perverse
> generator comprehensions on can write (e.g. for side-effects).  We're all
> adults, and we're not going to stop you (unless we do so with
> DeprecationWarning), but it's just not the *right* thing to do.
>

Really? As bad as a frame-hack?

I'm not arguing, just surprised.
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