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

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:45:04 -0400

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

GvR> Hm, I'm not particularly enamored of the idea of adding
GvR> 'iter' versions of everything under the sun.  I wish zip()
GvR> could've been an interator from the start, but now that it
GvR> isn't, I don't think it's such a big deal.  (An iterator
GvR> version is easily written as a generator.)

Of course, zip() wasn't implemented originally as an iterator because it pre-dated them. I agree, it's probably not worth changing it.

-Barry