17 May
2020
17 May
'20
10:39 p.m.
On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 07:10, Christopher Barker
PS. Why wasn't a new builtin zip_strict() on the menu? I think I would have given it at least +0.5, because of this rule of thumb.
I would think that if zip_strict() added as a builtin, then zip_longest() should too.
And the fact that zip_longest was not added as a builtin made me think that it was a non-starter.
I think that's just because zip_longest isn't a very compelling alternative to zip. I've known of it for a long time and I don't remember *ever* using it. If builtins had zip_shortest (i.e. current zip), zip_strict and zip_longest then I think I would use zip_strict 95% of the time, zip_shortest 5% of the time and zip_longest 0% of the time. -- Oscar