[Numpy-discussion] FeatureRequest: support for array construction from iterators

[Benjamin Root]

Heh, never noticed that. Was it implemented more like a generator/iterator
in older versions of Python?

Thanks,
Ben Root

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > By the way, any reason why this works?
> > >>> np.array(xrange(10))
> > array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
>
> It's not a generator. It's a true sequence that just happens to have a
> special implementation rather than being a generic container.
>
> >>> len(xrange(10))
> 10
> >>> xrange(10)[5]
> 5
>
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> Robert Kern
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