We prefer to have only one obvious way to do it. The more good techniques in existence, the less there's a clear sense of "Pythonic". It's just a preference. M

We prefer to have only one obvious way to do it. The more good techniques in existence, the less there's a clear sense of "Pythonic". It's just a preference. Many tasks have more than one obvious way. But if you're asking to add a new feature, you should explain why it's worth the downside of adding yet another way to do it.