On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 10:14 AM Ricky Teachey <ri...@teachey.org> wrote: > > Using iter() for the sole purpose of being able to shoehorn your user class > into being dict-cast-able is, IMO, an abuse of iter. > > If your class makes logical sense as an iterable of key/value pairs, then for > petesake, just use the mapping protocol (implement getitem and keys). iter() > is for constructing sequences, not mappings. >
iter() is for collections of all sorts; a sequence is specifically an ordered and indexed collection, but you can iterate over many things, including sets - and mappings. There's nothing wrong with iterable mappings, and in fact, I would be surprised (and not in a good way) by any that wasn't. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
