[Python-3000] have zip() raise exception for sequences of different lengths

[Guido van Rossum]

Actually given Raymond's preferences I take it back

On 8/30/06, Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
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> > Perhaps a compromise could be to add a keyword parameter to request
> > such an exception? (We could even add three options: truncate, pad,
> > error, with truncate being the default, and pad being the old map()
> > and filter() behavior.)
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> Maybe it can be done with just two optional keywords.
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> If 'match' is True, raise an error if iterables are mismatched.
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> if a 'pad' is specified then pad, else truncate.
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> The current truncating behavior would be the default.
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>     Ron
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