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

[Michael Walter]

On 3/24/06, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> 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.

This potentially gives a different result (the iterator could be
partially consumed). If you are interested in all items anyway you can
just pass the iterable object.

Michael

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