Word for a non-iterator iterable?

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Feb 6 23:16:53 EST 2005


"vincent wehren" <vincent at visualtrans.de> wrote in message 
news:cu4kjo$d8s$1 at news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Leif K-Brooks wrote:
>> Is there a word for an iterable object which isn't also an iterator, and 
>> therefor can be iterated over multiple times without being exhausted?

The 'therefor' above is a non sequitor.  A non-iterator iterable can also 
be non-reiterable.

> How about 'reiterable'?

I agree.  Reiterability is essential for some algorithms, while I am hard 
put to think of a situation in which non-iterator-ness, by itself, is.

Terry J. Reedy







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