[Python-Dev] Rationale for sum()'s design?

[Michael Walter]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:47:20 -0800, Guido van Rossum
<gvanrossum at gmail.com> wrote:
> But I'm not so sure now. Thinking ahead to generic types, I'd like the
> full signature to be:
> 
>   def sum(seq: sequence[T], initial: T = 0) -> T.

Would this _syntax_ work with generic types:

  def sum(seq: sequence[T], initial: T = T()) -> T.

Cheers,
Michael