Noticed the same thing, wondered if I was missing some niche side effect here. TBH, I've noticed there's almost never a reason for a general reduce() in Python

Noticed the same thing, wondered if I was missing some niche side effect here. TBH, I've noticed there's almost never a reason for a general reduce() in Python (to my usual dismay, as an ex-Clojure programmer). It does result in clearer, less clever code for the most part.