[Python-3000] Request for prod()

[Georg Brandl]

Paul Moore schrieb:
> On 06/01/2008, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Paul Moore schrieb:
>> > On 06/01/2008, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> >> hashcollision schrieb:
>> >> > I request the addition of prod():
>> >> It would have to be called product(), and I believe it has been proposed
>> >> multiple times and been rejected under the "not every 3-line function
>> >> has to be builtin" rule.
>> >
>> > Please also note that the time for requesting additions like this to
>> > Python 3.0 is long past.
>>
>> Not really; standard library additions are yet to be considered.
> 
> I was responding to the (implicit) suggestion that it be a builtin.
> Your response covers a request to add it to a library module
> (functools, for example).

I'm sorry, that has been a misunderstanding on my part then.

Georg

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