On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 5:21 AM Neil Girdhar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've seen this proposed here before.  The general idea is that some iterator 
> transformations (like enumerate) should return sequences when they're applied 
> to sequences.  I think it's good idea, but it adds complexity and work, which 
> I guess needs to be justified on a case-by-case basis.
>
> In short, this has nothing to do with reversed.  If you made enumerate return 
> a sequence when its input is a sequence, you would also be able to do 
> enumerate(some_list)[34], which could also be useful.  I think it makes 
> Python slightly more perfect and more beautiful.
>

list(enumerate(some_list)) will give you a sequence, if that's what you want.

ChrisA
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