[Python-3000] Builtin iterator type

[BJörn Lindqvist]

On 11/14/06, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
> On  14 Nov 2006, at 4:26 AM, George Sakkis wrote:
> > I honestly fail to understand your current objections. Is my analogy
> > with dictmixin flawed ? Would anything change if I named it
> > "itermixin" instead of iter or Iter ? I'm ok with the idea being
> > rejected, but at least I'd like to understand the reasons.
>
> You basically propose to extend the iterator interface from 1 method
> to len(dir(itertools)) methods without any clear benefits. Saving a
> single import line is not a clear benefit.

But why is both the dict and list protocol so fat then? Is it hard to
create your own dict or list-derived types in Python?

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mvh Björn