PEP309 - built-in curry class (revisions)
Carl Banks
imbosol-1046369929 at aerojockey.com
Thu Feb 27 13:32:25 EST 2003
Alex Martelli wrote:
> Carl Banks wrote:
> ...
>> A new list-type that can grow on both ends would help functional
>> programming a lot.
>
> alist.insert(0, atfront) and alist.append(atback) may not have
> equally good _performance_ characteristics, but they sure do show
> that existing lists ARE quite able to "grow on both ends".
Well, yes. I should have said "a new list-type that can grow on both
ends with good performance." (I'm lazy.)
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CARL BANKS
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