Kevin Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/3/07, *Facundo Batista* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > 2007/8/3, Andrew Bennetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > > I don't really think there's much reason to make "iter()" > work. As you say, > > What bad thing could happen if we make iter() work? If nothing, we > should ask ourselves: which is the more intuitive behaviour to expect > of iter()? To raise an exception or to return an empty iterator? > > I'm +0 for the latter. > > > -1. I'm a heavy user of iterators on finite and infinite streams and, > for me, iter() is an error that I do not want to paper over. The > alternate logic implies, e.g ., len() should return 0. > -1 here too. iter() should have an argument just like sum() and len().
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