Comment on PEP-0322: Reverse Iteration Methods

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Stephen Horne]
> The question is - is the exercise worthwhile. I'm not sure even though
> it's my own idea. I think it is nice in its way, and a lot more
> flexible than the 'iter_backward' method proposal, but that is quite
> likely a bad thing as it is probably massive overkill for the problem
> being solved - and in particular the extra flexibility has costs.
>
> What the hell, though - it was fun to play with for a bit!

Yes, it's a one ton solution to a one ounce problem,
but it was an interesting exercise and diversion.



Raymond Hettinger