[Python-3000] Iterators for dict keys, values, and items == annoying :)

[Barry Warsaw]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 17:06 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> The pattern with the 'empty' flag is only needed when due to API
> constraints you have only got an iterator.

Which can happen quite often actually.  Perhaps making the original
object available as an attribute of the iterator can help in those
situations though.

-Barry

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