Aug. 11, 2014
12:26 p.m.
It seems to me this is something of a pointless discussion -- I highly doubt the current situation is going to change, and it works very well. Even if not perfect, sum() is for numbers, sep.join() for strings. However, I will add one comment: I'm overall -1 on trying to change the current situation (except for
adding a join() builtin or str.join class method).
Did you know there actually is a str.join "class method"? I've never actually seen it used this way, but for people who just can't stand sep.join(seq), you can always call str.join(sep, seq) -- works in Python 2 and 3:
str.join('.', ['abc', 'def', 'ghi']) 'abc.def.ghi'
This works as a side effect of the fact that you can call methods as cls.method(instance, args). -Ben