[Python-3000] PEP: rename it.next() to it.__next__(), add a next() built-in

[Josiah Carlson]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Since next() is equivalent to send(None) we don't really need the
> next() method do we?

As long as its renamed to __next__, then we seemingly wouldn't need next,
though users needing to use next(X) or X.send(None) instead of X.next(),
may be confusing and inconvenient.  Should send get a default value of
None?


 - Josiah