[Python-Dev] Re: Proposed iterator representations

[Raymond Hettinger]

> Is the representation (of the dynamic object) static? 

No, it is dynamic.

> Does
> 
> it=count(20); it.next(), it.next(); it
> 
> still print 'count(20)' as it one was but no longer is?

That prints "count(22)".



Raymond


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divide operation, and additional accesses to the same location are
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