[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 218 (sets); moving set.py to Lib

[Eric S. Raymond]

Greg Ewing <greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>:
> pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (=?iso-8859-1?q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard):
> 
> > Eric has offered the idea of adding Cartesian product, and despite the
> > usual notation is a tall thin `X', maybe it would be nice reserving
> > `*' for that?
> 
> Maybe '%'? It looks a bit X-ish.

Ugh.  *No.*  -1 on that, 

I'd look at % and see a string format operator.   Suddenly I like Francois's
suggestion a lot better.
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