[Python-Dev] PEP 0424: A method for exposing a length hint (original) (raw)
Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Jul 17 10:30:41 CEST 2012
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:19:55 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are no provisions for infinite iterators, that is not within the scope of > this proposal. I'll repeat my observation that remaining silent on this point is effectively identical to blessing the practice of raising an exception in lengthhint to force fast failure of attempts to convert an infinite iterator to a concrete container.
And I'll repeat that it is false ;) Being silent is certainly not the same thing as blessing a non-existent practice.
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Antoine.
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