[Python-ideas] PEP 479: Change StopIteration handling inside generators

[Ethan Furman]

On 11/25/2014 04:37 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> I don't see the difference being subtle enough -- if an odd number of items is tossed in, that `next(i)` is still going
>> to raise a StopIteration, which under PEP 479 will become a RunTimeError.
>>
>> Or did you mean that even numbered iterators will work fine, but odd-numbered ones will still raise?  Nice.  :)
> 
> Yes, I meant the silent termination of an iterable with an odd number
> of items. That's pretty subtle.

You mean an even number of items, yes?

--
~Ethan~

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