[Python-Dev] defaultdict and on_missing() (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettinger at verizon.net
Wed Mar 1 00:28:38 CET 2006


[Greg Ewing]

I'd still like to see next(x) / x.next() in some form in 3.0 for the sake of consistency, though.

+1 on modifying next() in Py3.0 to accept the send argument.

-1 on the silly renaming to next and adding builtin.next(). We have len() because it applies to many different object types. In contrast, next() would apply only to iterables. Foolish consistency is a somewhat weak reason to add a built-in. Also, calls to it.next() need to be as fast as possible. Adding a layer of indirection through builtin.next() is a waste.

Raymond



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