Proposed new syntax

[Ben Finney]

Paul Rubin <no.email at nospam.invalid> writes:

> Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:
> >     generate_id = functools.partial(next, itertools.count())
>
> Is something wrong with:
>
>     >>> g = itertools.count().next

I wasn't looking for a ‘next’ method on the iterator. Is that special to
the ‘itertools.count’ type?

If so, I was attempting to give the more general solution to “how do I
get a function that will give me the next thing from this iterator”.

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Ben Finney