"Guido" == Guido van Rossum <guido@cnri.reston.va.us> writes:
Guido> Given the heat in this discussion, I'm not sure if I Guido> endorse *any* of the proposals so far any more... Oh I dunno. David and I aren't throwing rocks at each other yet :) Guido> How would Java do this? A static function in the String Guido> class, probably. The Python equivalent is... A function Guido> in the string module. So maybe string.join() it remains. The only reason for making it a builtin would be to avoid pulling in all of string just to get join. But I guess we need to get some more experience using the methods before we know whether this is a real problem or not. as-good-as-a-from-string-import-join-and-easier-to-implement-ly y'rs, -Barry