Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!)

[Grant Edwards]

In article <io12ososq8or6t6lgdsclgp5eob5rs8cd7 at 4ax.com>, Ben Wolfson wrote:

>list() (and tuple()) only work on objects that actually have a sequence
>mapping makes a lot of sense and, to me, resolves the ambiguity in
>precisely the way I would expect.

Is 'sequence mapping' for list() an tuple() defined the same as for the
'for' statement: it has a get_item(i) method that returns either a value or
raises an exception?

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