On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 8:49 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > The start/stop/step sound like they might be nice. But that wouldn't give > you a length, since you never know when an iterator will be exhausted. I > feel like `len(islice(it, 1, 1_000_000))` telling you the "maximum possible > length" is more a danger than a help. >
I think islice should implement __length_hint__, though. As of 3.8.5 it doesn't.
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