[Python-ideas] Adding a functional list type to the standard library.

[Aahz]

On Sun, Apr 05, 2009, Alexandre Vassalotti wrote:
>
> I would like to have your opinion whether a functional list type would
> be welcomed in the standard library. 

My head hurts.  Are you sure you didn't intend to send this four days
ago?  ;-)

>   # The constructor does a deep conversion of the list to its internal
> representation.
>   state = FunctionalList([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12],
> [13, 14, 15, None]])
>   print(goal[0])   # This would print a FunctionalList object, i.e.,
> FunctionalList([1, 2, 3, 4])

Where is ``goal`` defined?  At this point, I'm unable to make any
headway on understanding what you're trying here.
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