----- Original Message ----- From: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org> > [David Abrahams] > > I missed what this function does, > > x(seq) returns [(0, seq[0]), (1, seq[1]), ...] Oh. Not sure why anyone wants to build that into the language, but enumerate() seems like a decent name for it. itemize() seems OK too. just-call-me-wafflebird-ly y'rs, Dave