[Python-checkins] r50525 - sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Mon Jul 10 19:16:53 2006
New Revision: 50525

Modified:
   sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
Log:
Add further development using sum

Modified: sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
==============================================================================
--- sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	Mon Jul 10 19:16:53 2006
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@
      for a, b in items:
          total += b
 
+Or the ``sum()`` built-in and a generator expression::
+
+     total = sum(b for a,b in items)
+
 Many uses of ``reduce()`` are clearer when written as ``for`` loops.
 
 Fredrik Lundh once suggested the following set of rules for refactoring