[Python-Dev] a different kind of reduce...

[Greg Ewing]

Martin Blais wrote:

> I'm always--literally every time-- looking for a more functional form,
> something that would be like this:
> 
>    # apply dirname() 3 times on its results, initializing with p
>    ... = repapply(dirname, 3, p)

Maybe ** should be defined for functions so that you
could do things like

   up3levels = dirname ** 3

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