On 2020-05-15 20:36, David Mertz wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:55 PM Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com
> <mailto:eric@trueblade.com>> wrote:
>
>     Also: The PEP says "At most one additional item may be consumed from
>     one of the iterators when compared to normal zip usage." I think
>     this should be prefaced with "If ValueError is raised ...". Also,
>     why does it say "at most one additional item". How could it ever be
>     less than one?
>
>
> This struck me as strange also.  I mean, the wording can be improved to
> clarify "if error."
>
> But more significantly, it seems like it cannot conceivably be true.  If
> might be "At most one additional item from EACH of the iterators."
>
> If I do zip_strict(a, b, c, d, e) and "e" is the one that is shorter,
> how could any algorithm ever avoid consuming one extra item of a, b, c,
> and d each?!
>
Well, it does say "when compared to normal zip usage".

The normal zip would consume an item of a, b, c, and d. If e is
exhausted, then zip would just stop, but zip_strict would raise
ValueError. There would be no difference in the number of items consumed
but not used.
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