[docs] [issue10410] Is iterable a container type?

[INADA Naoki]

New submission from INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com>:

In http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.6/glossary.html, "iterable" is described as
"A container object capable of returning its members one at a time."
Is it correct? Is stream object like file a container type?

Container ABC requires only "__contains__" abstract method. I think file
is iterable but is not container.

Likewise, "and objects of any classes you define with an __iter__() or
__getitem__() method." is wrong because __getitem__ method is not relate to
iterable.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 121152
nosy: docs at python, naoki
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Is iterable a container type?
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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