[Python-Dev] bool(iter([])) changed between 2.3 and 2.4

[Guido]

I strongly feel that this needs to be corrected in 2.5. Iterators should have neither __len__ nor __nonzero__.

Right. I'll get it fixed-up. [Terry Reedy]

I presume there were two reasons: internal efficiency of preallocations (list(some_it) for example)

[Guido]

This could have been implemented without making the implementation details public.

I see a way to do that by renaming the __len__ method to some private name for internal use. This would preserve the performance gains while still restoring the public API. Raymond