maybe because no one really had the need for a "reduce" in python scripts? honestly, i have been writing python code for close to 3 years now, and i have done some pretty involved stuff inside and around zope. i have never felt the need to use "reduce" even once. jens On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 03:27 , Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld wrote:

Hi. The manual states that reduce() is usable to circumvent security, and cannot be used, but I cannot understand why a safe_reduce hasn't been made. Are there some principal objections to writing one, or hasn't it been done yet? - --

Sincerely Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld

jhf@hex.no