[Python-3000] Making strings non-iterable

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 16/04/06 Aahz said:

> Anything that would make this solution more difficult to explain would
> make my life more difficult.  I know there are many better and more
> efficient mechanisms (particularly if one is not restricted to Python
> 2.2),  but it seems to me that we cannot afford to let Python 3.0 become
> the experts' playground.

Agreed. 

Personally, I've always hated how I could not do some of the simplest things
with strings in Perl when Perl was supposed to be good at managing strings.
Leaving in the ability to iterate strings in Python solved that for me, and I
don't see why anyone with a pragmatic view of the language would wish to
remove that feature. 

Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
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