[Python-Dev] String methods... finally

[Barry A. Warsaw]

    >> Perhaps join() ought to be a built-in function?

IMO, builtin join ought to str()ify all the elements in the sequence,
concatenating the results.  That seems an intuitive interpretation of
'join'ing a sequence.  Here's my Python prototype:

def join(seq, sep=''):
    if not seq:
        return ''
    x = str(seq[0])
    for y in seq[1:]:
        x = x + sep + str(y)
    return x

Guido?

-Barry