From: "Kurt B. Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > , IMHO eliminating the strict versions of map() and filter() in > favor of the lazy versions from itertools kicks the degree of > sophistication necessary to understand these functions up a notch (or > three).
Not really. Once range() starts returning an iterator, that will be the new, basic norm. With that as a foundation, it would be suprising if map() and enumerate() and zip() did not return iterators. Learn once, use everywhere. Raymond _______________________________________________ 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