[Python-Dev] string representation of range in 3.0 (original) (raw)

Curt Hagenlocher curt at hagenlocher.org
Wed Apr 16 16:54:43 CEST 2008

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

If you consume values from the iterator to display them in the repr() where do you then propose to store them until the application wants them, and how do you distinguish between "real" and "repr" consumption of the values? "The next couple of elements" is a dangerous thing to use unless you don't mind them disappearing.

Not only that, but you'd have no idea what the performance consequences of accessing the "next" object might be.

-- Curt Hagenlocher curt at hagenlocher.org

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