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    60% of the thread are about the ominous * operator on lists.
    << Seriously? The thread started with a simple and useful
    idea; not with some rarely used feature.<br>
    35% of the thread are about some internal implementation issues.
    <<< Maybe not easy but I am certain you will sort that out.<br>
    5% about its usefulness and simplicity. <<< I stick to
    that.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05.08.2015 13:47, Guido van Rossum
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      <div dir="ltr">Read the thread.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Sven R.
          Kunze <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              What are the reasons for the rejections?
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                  <div>On 05.08.2015 13:13, Guido van Rossum wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Honestly, this has been brought up
                      and rejected so many times I don't think it's even
                      worth discussing. Maybe someone should write a PEP
                      with the proposal so that we can reject it and
                      direct future discussion to the PEP.<br>
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                        <div class="gmail_extra">-- <br>
                          <div>--Guido van Rossum (<a
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        <div class="gmail_signature">--Guido van Rossum (<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://python.org/%7Eguido"
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