Adding values with reduce() function from the list of tuples

[perfringo]

Since reading this thread I've been looking for an example where reduce was a better choice than any other python construct. I did not fine any. Every example I found for reduce() could be written shorter and clearer using a comprehension.

I believa that before comprehension came along something like this was quite common:

from functools import reduce
from operator import add

data = range(10000000)

print(reduce(add, data))