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

[Greg Ewing]

Aahz wrote:
>  I'm +0 on operator.next() relative to builtin next().

I'm -0.7. Classifying next() as an operator doesn't
seem right -- what "operator" does it correspond to?

Unlike all the other functions in the operator
module, there is no piece of syntax that corresponds
directly to what next() would do. There's the
for-loop, but that does considerably more.

--
Greg