[issue37040] checking for membership in itertools.count enters infinite loop with no way to exit

[Dan Rose]

Dan Rose <daniel.buchoff at gmail.com> added the comment:

The general problem with infinite iterators is indeed a bigger issue and its resolution would probably resolve this issue too. With the examples you gave at least the user can ctrl-c to interrupt. Entering an infinite, *uninterruptible* loop is a consequence so bad that it deserves a guard rail.

> On May 25, 2019, at 11:48, Serhiy Storchaka <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:
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> Adding the __contains__() method to the count iterator would not solve the general problem with infinite iterators. For example with the following expressions:
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>    -1 in filter(None, itertools.count())
>    -1 in map(float, itertools.count())
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> It is not worth to add a method just to handle a single case of misusing. You should not use "in" with infinite iterators.
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