[Python-3000] Making strings non-iterable

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/16/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> I think you may be right. I implemented this (it was really simple to
> do) but then found I had to fix tons of places that iterate over
> strings.

I'm abandoning this project; the patch is SF patch 1471291. I'm no
longer in favor of this idea; it's just not practical, and the premise
that there are few good reasons to iterate over a string has been
refuted by the use cases I found in both sre and difflib.

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