On PEP 322 (ireverse)

[Terry Reedy]

"Raymond Hettinger" <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> wrote in message
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> [Terry Reedy]
> > Any good reason not to make iter so?  int, str, and float were
once
> > bifs also.
>
> The C code for it has a split path, calling __iter__ for objects
that
> have it, building iterator wrappers for sequences that don't have
> __iter__, or building another wrapper when the inputs are a
> function and sentinel.  IOW, it is a factory function capable
> of constructor any of several different types.

Good reason acknowledged.

> > I'm +1 on iter.reversed,

rescinded.

tjr