June 22, 2004
8:14 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004, Scott David Daniels wrote:
One feature that I'd find nice in itertools is access to "universal newlines" behavior. This would make it much easier to extend zipfile and other compression-related code to provide pseudo-files that iterate properly.
That's a great idea, but I don't think it belongs in itertools. If/when we create the semi-mythical text/string package, it should go there. -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Typing is cheap. Thinking is expensive." --Roy Smith, c.l.py