Methods vs. Functions (Re: [Python-Dev] A house upon the sand)

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> But join() is special: it is polymorphic in two arguments,
    GvR> and making it a method of the separator argument doesn't
    GvR> help.

What about calling the built-in strjoin().  That avoids the conflict
with os.path.join() and strengthens the connection with the intended
behavior -- that the return value is a string and the elements are
str()-ified.

or-use-sjoin()-ly y'rs,
-Barry