palindrome iteration

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Paul Rubin writes:
> Ian writes:
> >  On 27/08/2010 21:51, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> >> Meanwhile, I have decided to prefer this:
> >>
> >> def palindromep(s):
> >>      def reversed(s):
> >>          return s[::-1]
> >>      return s == reversed(s)
> > I like this.
> > s[::-1] is obscure and non-obvious, especially to Python noobs.
> 
> Overriding the 'reversed' builtin even in an inner scope is a little
> bit ugly.
> 
> If you don't mind some overhead, list(s)==list(reversed(s)) (using
> the built-in reversed, not the special obscure one) is pretty clear.

Thanks for that. I'm beginning to like it - not its overhead but
certainly its natural clarity. It wins over ''.join(reversed(s))
easily, in my eyes.