Phillip J. Eby wrote: > >It's not at all clear to me that "sticky" behavior is the best > >default behavior, even with implicit adoptation. Would anyone in > >their right mind expect the following to return [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] > >instead of [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2]? > > > > >>> from itertools import * > > >>> seq = range(10) > > >>> list(chain(islice(seq, 3), islice(seq, 3))) > > [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2] > > >>> > > I don't understand why you think it would. What does islice have to > do with adaptation?
islice() takes an iterator, yet I give it a sequence. It calls iter(seq), which I see as a form of adaptation (maybe you don't). Sticky adaptation would not be appropriate here, even though the adaptation is implicit. Just _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
