PEP 322: Reverse Iteration (REVISED, please comment)

[Werner Schiendl]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> Werner Schiendl wrote:
>    ...
>>Another possibility would be to have a static method for iter:
>>
>>for elem in iter.reversed(sed):
>>     print elem
>>
> 
> I like this one!  Another advantage is, one fewer built-in.
> 
> Problem is, iter is currently a built-in function, not a type...
> 

An additional advantage that came to my mind is that it would fit
Guido's preference about how to (possible) implement inline sort.

having

L = list.sorted(seq)

i = iter.reversed(seq)

seems very consistent to me.


best regards

Werner