Phillip J. Eby wrote: > Consider 'iter()', for example, which can be viewed as adapting an object > to the "iteration interface" and returning an object supporting iteration.
An architecture astronaut might view it that way, but I don't. To my way of thinking, iter(x) creates a new object that iterates over x. Calling it a form of adaptation just muddies things with uneccessary words. (The fact that iter(x) returns x when it's already an iterator is a distraction. It's really just a kludge so that the same for-statement syntax can be used on both iterators and iterables.) -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
