Am 15.07.2012 16:22, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:08:41 +1000 > Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Right, I agree on the value in being able to return something to say "this >> cannot be converted to a concrete container". > > Who would be able to return that, apart from trivial cases like > itertools.cycle()?
For example most numerical sequence iterators like Fibonacci generator, prime number sequence generator and even trivial cases like even natural number generator. IMO it's a good idea to have a notation for infinitive iterators that can't be materialized as finite containers. +1 Christian _______________________________________________ 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
