[Python-Dev] iterator API in Py3.0 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Mar 7 06:25:10 CET 2006


On 3/6/06, Michael Hoffman <hoffman at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

Another nice thing about having a next() built-in is that it makes getting the first item of a generator expression a lot more elegant, IMHO.

I think this: next(item for item in items if item > 3) is a lot clearer than this: (item for item in items if item > 3).next() or alternatives that would break this into multiple statements.

Why is putting everything on a single line considered elegant?

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