A trivial question about print

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Fri Apr 12 04:24:43 EDT 2002


Alex Martelli wrote:

> I have my doubts that the BDFL wants to special-case the join method to 
> save 5 characters over a map call:
> 
>         ','.join(map(str, range(10))


Given the three choises discussed:

','.join(range(10), str)                # new proposal
','.join(map(str, range(10)))           # map
','.join([str(i) for i in range(10)]))  # list comprehension

I must agree. There isn't much saved and it's less flexible.

Damn I hate discussing with you!

     regards Max M




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