Gregory P. Smith wrote:
I've never liked the "".join([]) idiom for string concatenation; in my opinion it violates the principles "Beautiful is better than ugly." and "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.". (And perhaps several others.) To that end I've submitted patch #1569040 to SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1569040&group_id=5470&atid=305470 This patch speeds up using + for string concatenation.
yay! i'm glad to see this. i hate the "".join syntax. i still write that as string.join() [...]
instance.method(*args) <==> type.method(instance, *args) You can nowadays spell this as str.join("", lst) - no need to import a whole module! regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden