Py2.3: Feedback on Sets
Borcis
borcis at users.ch
Mon Aug 18 11:39:58 EDT 2003
Michael Hudson wrote:
>
>>>+ isn't totally silly (strings and lists are
>>>monoids, at least :-). list * int, OTOH, seems a bit smelly to me
>>>(though I'm not sure what a better spelling would be...).
>>
>>But strings/lists form a non-commutative monoid, so list * list
>>would be better imho, and a corresponding list ** int
>
> Hmm, you're right of course,, but for some reason I prefer +. Maybe
> it's the commutation with len()?
renaming it to log() would make the *2+ homomorphism natural.
>
> Anyhoo, this is all pointless gassing :-)
Right.
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