[Python-Dev] a different kind of reduce...
Raymond Hettinger
raymond.hettinger at verizon.net
Tue Nov 1 21:14:32 CET 2005
[Martin Blais]
> > 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)
[Greg Ewing]
> Maybe ** should be defined for functions so that you
> could do things like
>
> up3levels = dirname ** 3
Hmm, using the function's own namespace is an interesting idea. It
might also be a good place to put other functionals:
results = f.map(data)
newf = f.partial(somearg)
Raymond
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