Comment on PEP-0322: Reverse Iteration Methods

[Sean Ross]

I'll put it another way. I'm not interested in the semantics, nor in the
implementation. My interest is in the syntax. If this feature can be added
to the language (and I don't care whether it can or cannot be), then I would
prefer to read code like

for i in ireverse(xrange(n)):

than

for i in xrange(n).iter_backwards(n):

And there ends my superficial concerns in this matter. If my proposed syntax
implies more than the other syntax proposals, then I withdraw the
suggestion. I've no interest in arguing about whether those, or any other,
implications can be met. I'm talking sugar. You're talking substance. And I
don't care. If it can be done, let it be done, and give it pretty name. If
it can't be done, then it doesn't much matter what name you give it.

I hope were done here,
Sean