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authorAlex Martelli <aleaxit@gmail.com>2003-04-22 08:12:33 (GMT)
committerAlex Martelli <aleaxit@gmail.com>2003-04-22 08:12:33 (GMT)
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Adding new built-in function sum, with docs and tests.
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@@ -897,6 +897,14 @@ class C:
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{sum}{sequence\optional{start=0}}
+ Sums up the items of a \var{sequence}, from left to right, and returns
+ the total. The \var{sequence}'s items are normally numbers, and are
+ not allowed to be strings. The fast, correct way to join up a
+ sequence of strings is by calling \code{''.join(\var{sequence})}.
+ \versionadded{2.3}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{super}{type\optional{object-or-type}}
Return the superclass of \var{type}. If the second argument is omitted
the super object returned is unbound. If the second argument is an