PEP 234: Iterators

[Roman Suzi]

>> Eg. dict.iteritems()
>> doesn't return a list of items (we already have dict.items()
>> for that) but an
>> _iterator_, allowing you to iterate over the items _without_
>> creating a list
>> containing them all...
>
>Perhaps it's only a matter of naming? How about itemIterator(),
>valueIterator(), etc (or itemiter() if you don't like camelcase)

Or yes, I forgot:


for childs in xmlDoc.iter("child"):

for sibling in xmlDoc.iter("sibling"):

for i in list.iter(recursive=1):

for (k, v) in dict.iter(("key", "value")):

and so on!

(Am I dreaming too much?)

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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