On 8/10/2014 1:24 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

Actually ... if I were a fan of the "".join() idiom, I'd seriously
propose 0.sum(numeric_iterable) as the RightThang{tm].  Then we could
deprecate "".join(string_iterable) in favor of "".sum(string_iterable)
(with the same efficient semantics).

Actually, there is no need to wait for 0.sum() to propose "".sum... but it is only a spelling change, so no real benefit.

Thinking about this more, maybe it should be a class function, so that it wouldn't require an instance:

str.sum( iterable_containing_strings )

[ or str.join( iterable_containing_strings ) ]