[Python-ideas] Fast sum() for non-numbers

[Vito De Tullio]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>>> It's unfortunate that Python uses + for concatenation,
>>
>> Is it? I'm very happy with it myself.
> 
> Yes. If Python used & for concatenation, we wouldn't have to worry about
> sum(lists or strings or tuples) being quadratic, because people wouldn't
> call sum on lists, strings or tuples.

yeah, they would try with all() :D

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ZeD