What about an EXPLICIT naming scheme for built-ins?

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2004-09-04, Alex Martelli schreef <aleaxit at yahoo.com>:
> Jp Calderone <exarkun at divmod.com> wrote:
>    ...
>>    They are new.  There is no reason to worry about breaking 
>> compatibility.  Why sequences and not iterators?  I would prefer the 
>
> sorted returns a sequence (a list) because it must build one anyway, and
> it would be a waste NOT to return it in the several cases in which you
> want one.  list(iter(list(something))) is simply a stupid waste...

But I think it would be nice to have a naming convention that made
it clear whether you got an iterator or a sequence (list).

If we would use names like ranging, reversing ... when an iterator
is returned and sorted, ... when a sorted copy of the sequence
is returned I think that would greatly help people in understanding
what is going on.

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Antoon Pardon