On Jun 14, 2005, at 2:25 AM, Raymond Hettinger wrote: >> def readby(inp, blocksize=1024): >> while True: >> data = inp.read(blocksize) >> if not data: >> break >> yield data >> >> for data in readby(inp, blocksize): >> . . . >> > > readby() relies on the existence of a read() method for inp. > itertools work with generic iterators, not ones with a specific API. > Law of Demeter.
islice depends on __getitem__. -bob _______________________________________________ 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
