[Python-Dev] Iterating over objects of unknown length (original) (raw)
Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Wed Sep 26 18:37:28 CEST 2007
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 09:29:10AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
But I also fail to see why you would be so draconian as to disallow truth testing of a query altogether. Your query looks like an iterator. There are tons of other iterators in the language, library and 3rd party code, and it would be madness to try to fix all of them in the way you suggest just because some users don't get the concept of iterators.
Seems me myself didn't get it:
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:33:33PM -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
This isn't consistent with iterators; e.g.:
>>> x=iter([]) >>> if x: print "yes" ... yes
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 09:29:10AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
So I'm for #1 and #2.
I see now. Thank you!
Oleg.
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