Guido van Rossum wrote:
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So that code will silently behave as though the rest of
the sequence wasn't there some of the time?
Only if it uses LBYL.
I don't understand that. Iteration isn't the only thing
one does with sequences. If you have a reason to call
len() in the first place, I don't see how having it
sometimes return inaccurate results can be helpful.
Can you elaborate on the rationale for this?
Ask the designers of the Java collections package.
Do you mean that they have a rationale which you agree
with and think applies to Python as well, or do you
mean that you're doing it just because Java does it
and they must have a good reason?
If the former, can you refer me to a document which
espouses it?
--
Greg
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