Hi, Skip Montanaro: > mal> BTW, I don't see the tradeoff in saving 11k worth of diskspace for > mal> string.py compared to the good vibes we lose in the Python world > mal> for this. > > It has nothing to do with 11k worth of disk space and everything to do with > "there's one (best) way to do it". In some situations application of zen-rule number 8 (this is "* Although practicality beats purity.") is stronger than zen-rule number 12 (this is "* There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."), which you cited somewhat sloppy above. In my opponion the string module is one such situation and another one is the '<>' operator. Most of my employees work with Modula-2 a lot and we have a huge code base. So they prefer to use '<>' over '!=' in Python also and they will not stop to do so, although the use of '<>' is discouraged in the Python documentation. Regards, Peter -- Peter Funk, Oldenburger Str.86, D-27777 Ganderkesee, Germany, Fax:+49 4222950260 office: +49 421 20419-0 (ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Str.8, D-28359 Bremen, Germany)
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