[Python-ideas] Minimal built-ins (+ tiny doc suggestion)

[Mark Summerfield]

Hi,

Built-ins:

In an effort to keep the core language as small as possible (to keep it
"brain sized":-) would it be reasonable to deprecate filter() and map()
and to move them to the standard library as happened with reduce()?
After all, don't people mostly use list comprehensions and generator
expressions for these nowadays?

Docs:

The Python Module Index http://docs.python.org/dev/py-modindex.html
Shows _ | a | b | ...
This is prettier than _ | A | B | ...
but also harder to click because the letters are smaller; so I would
prefer the use of capitals.

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