60% of the thread are about the ominous * operator on lists. << Seriously? The thread started with a simple and useful idea; not with some rarely used feature.
35% of the thread are about some internal implementation issues. <<< Maybe not easy but I am certain you will sort that out.
5% about its usefulness and simplicity. <<< I stick to that.


On 05.08.2015 13:47, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Read the thread.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Sven R. Kunze <srkunze@mail.de> wrote:
Good idea.

What are the reasons for the rejections?


On 05.08.2015 13:13, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Honestly, this has been brought up and rejected so many times I don't think it's even worth discussing. Maybe someone should write a PEP with the proposal so that we can reject it and direct future discussion to the PEP.

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