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still_grokking 2 days ago

Python's approach is one of the most confusing ways to possibly do it. Not having proper, discoverable methods is super annoying, and I need to look it up every time anew I use Python because it's so unintuitive.

Of course you can write a generic version of `mkString` (as this method is called in Scala), so it's also just one method no matter the container count.

The Python weirdness is actually a direct result from the language lacking generics…

bvrmn 8 hours ago | parent [-]

From typing perspective there is no sense to have Container[T].join() -> str for any T.

mystifyingpoi 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I agree, but from convenience perspective there is a lot of sense. Java Streams is actually a good example of a "correct" design, but not very convenient.