[Python-ideas] statistics.sum [was Re: Pre-PEP: adding a statistics module to Python]

[MRAB]

On 05/08/2013 21:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> Are there still objections to making statistics.sum public? If the only way to move forward is to make it a private implementation detail, I will do so, but I really think that I have built a better sum and hope to keep it as a public function.
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> Show of hands please, +1 or -1 on statistics.sum.
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On balance, +1, as long as the help explains its purpose, of course.

I was thinking that as there's a module called "math" (a short name)
the statistics module should be called "stats", but then I remembered
that there's already a module called "stat", which could be confusing...