[Python-3000] Builtin iterator type

[Ronald Oussoren]

On  14 Nov 2006, at 4:26 AM, George Sakkis wrote:

>
> I honestly fail to understand your current objections. Is my analogy
> with dictmixin flawed ? Would anything change if I named it
> "itermixin" instead of iter or Iter ? I'm ok with the idea being
> rejected, but at least I'd like to understand the reasons.

You basically propose to extend the iterator interface from 1 method  
to len(dir(itertools)) methods without any clear benefits. Saving a  
single import line is not a clear benefit.

Ronald

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