Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 303: Extend divmod() for Multiple Divisors

[Tim]

TP> If we have to drop a builtin, I never liked reduce <wink>, TP> although Jeremy pointed out that its most common use case no TP> longer requires writing a lambda, or importing operator.add:

[Barry]

Hey, if we'll killing off builtins, I vote for apply().

buffer() and intern() are two candidates for least understood, least used, and most likely not to be missed. Raymond Hettinger