Re: [Python-ideas] having a "iterable" built-in

Tarek Ziadé wrote:

Hello

unless I missed it, I couldn't find a built-in to check if an object is iterable,

so I wrote this function :

def iterable(ob): try: iter(ob) except TypeError: return False return True

What about having such a built-in in Python ? (with the proper implementation if course)

hasattr(ob, '__iter__')