Why does map return a map object instead of a list in Python 3?

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I think the reason why map still exists at all when generator expressions also exist, is that it can take multiple iterator arguments that are all looped over and passed into the function:

>>> list(map(min, [1,2,3,4], [0,10,0,10]))
[0,2,0,4]

That’s slightly easier than using zip:

>>> list(min(x, y) for x, y in zip([1,2,3,4], [0,10,0,10]))

Otherwise, it simply doesn’t add anything over generator expressions.

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