[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Iterable String Redux (aka StringABC)

[Raymond Hettinger]

 "Jim Jewett" 
> It isn't really stringiness that matters, it is that you have to
> terminate even though you still have an iterable container.

Well said.


> Guido had at least a start in Searchable, back when ABC
> were still in the sandbox:

Have to disagree here.  An object cannot know in general
whether a flattener wants to split it or not.  That is an application
dependent decision.  A better answer is be able to tell the
flattener what should be considered atomic in a given circumstance.


Raymond