[docs] possible bug in Python tutorial sect 9.9
Georg Brandl
georg at python.org
Mon Jul 19 14:26:01 CEST 2010
Am 19.07.2010 11:37, schrieb Nicholas Cameron:
> Hi, there is either a bug or scope for some extra clarity in the
> iterators section of the Python tutorial:
>
> http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#iterators
>
> The docs state that the method used to get an iterator for an object is
> iter() (after the first example in the section), but after the second
> example, uses __iter__(). I'm new to Python so not sure if either is
> correct and the other incorrect or if the syntax changes when
> implementing the method yourself, I guess some clarification would help
> if it is the latter case.
Hi Nick,
yes, the latter is indeed the case. I've added a line now to the example
for the class defining __iter__() that shows that calling iter() works
on it.
regards,
Georg
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