I understood that _iterables_ are required to have an __iter__ method, not iterators.
Therefore, are we simply discussing whether all iterators should be iterable? At the moment the CPython implementation does't require that AFAIK. regards Steve On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 8:39 PM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > My view of this is: > > A. It's not an iterator if it doesn't define `__next__`. > > B. It is strongly recommended that iterators also define `__iter__`. > > In "standards" language, I think (A) is MUST and (B) is merely OUGHT or > maybe SHOULD. > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:30 PM Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > >> Over in https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/6030 I have managed to >> kick up a discussion over what exactly an "iterator" is. If you look at >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#iter you will see the >> docs say it "Return[s] an iterator >> <https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-iterator> object." Great, >> but you go the glossary definition of "iterator" at >> https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-iterator you will see it >> says "[i]terators are required to have an __iter__() >> <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__iter__> >> method" which neither `for` nor `iter()` actually enforce. >> >> Is there something to do here? Do we loosen the definition of "iterator" >> to say they *should* define __iter__? Leave it as-is with an >> understanding that we know that it's technically inaccurate for iter() but >> that we want to encourage people to define __iter__? I'm assuming people >> don't want to change `for` and `iter()` to start requiring __iter__ be >> defined if we decided to go down the "remove the __aiter__ requirement" >> from aiter() last week. >> >> BTW all of this applies to async iterators as well. >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/3W7TDX5KNVQVGT5CUHBK33M7VNTP25DZ/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/OICGRBPLXO6WXO4CHTGUK46WIHO7PDUU/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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