[Python-ideas] Pre-PEP: adding a statistics module to Python

[Ryan]

Scratch that. I just realized that this isn't Pascal, meaning types can be checked. The option is still a thought, however. Beats a documentation warning that most people(including me) would probably ignore out of lack of patience(again like me).

Michael Walter <michael.walter at gmail.com> wrote:

>So that the default can be "true" ;)
>
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>On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>
>wrote:
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>> On 07/08/2013 17:28, Ryan wrote:
>>
>>> What if it was an option. i.e.
>>>
>>> statistics.sum(myiter, listconv=True)
>>>
>>>  [snip]
>> Why have an option? You can just do this:
>>
>> statistics.sum(list(myiter))
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