!wtf ellipsis

[Erik Max Francis]

Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou wrote:

> Peter provided a link answering your questions.  As a side note, I
> have
> used Ellipsis instead of None as a very handy last item put in queues
> in
> threaded programs (after all, "ellipsis" means "absence" or "lack" in
> English :)  Thus I avoid creating dummy classes to mark the end of
> data...

But as a sentinel, why would it be superior to None?

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