sum() requires number, not simply __add__
Arnaud Delobelle
arnodel at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 16:59:08 EST 2012
On 23 February 2012 21:53, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> _sentinel = object()
>>
>> def sum(iterable, start=_sentinel):
>> if start is _sentinel:
>>
>> del _sentinel
>
> Somewhat off-topic: Doesn't the if statement there do a lookup for a
> global, which would mean that 'del _sentinel' will cause it to fail?
> Or have I missed something here?
Yes, you're right :) Change the signature to
def sum(iterable, start=_sentinel, _sentinel=_sentinel):
This is not pretty...
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Arnaud
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