[Python-Dev] iterzip() (original) (raw)

Alex Martelli aleax@aleax.it
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:29:39 +0200

On Monday 29 April 2002 00:14, Guido van Rossum wrote: ...

such a big deal. (An iterator version is easily written as a generator.)

In general I'm not keen on increasing the number of builtin functions

Maybe we could have a standard module in the library that supplies such "utility" iterators and generators? That avoids adding builtin functions but still provides beginners a good sample of the things they can use iterators and generators for. (If it was a separate module, it might not be hard for somebody to supply a version compatible with 2.2, easing migration and cross-version use).

Alex