M Stefan wrote:
Also, what would iter([1,2,3]).__length_hint__() return? 3 or unknown?
If 3, then the semantics of l=[1,2,3]; l += iter(l) will change
(infinite loop without __length_hint__ vs. list of 6 elements with __length_hint__).
What __length_hint__ returns is irrelevant -- it's only a hint. Python
will have to loop over all the items. So you would still get an
infinite loop with the above code.
~Ethan~
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