[Python-Dev] PEP 303: Extend divmod() for Multiple Divisors

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Tim]
>     TP> If we have to drop a builtin, I never liked reduce <wink>,
>     TP> although Jeremy pointed out that its most common use case no
>     TP> longer requires writing a lambda, or importing operator.add:

[Barry]
> Hey, if we'll killing off builtins, I vote for apply().

buffer() and intern() are two candidates for least understood,
least used, and most likely not to be missed.


Raymond Hettinger