[Python-3000] Builtin iterator type

[Aaron Bingham]

Bill Janssen wrote:

>>Java interfaces are very useful, however. Java programming seems to be 
>>less and less about inheritance and more and more about implementing 
>>interfaces; at least it does amongst Java programmers with taste :-)
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>
>It seems to me that that's where Python has a real advantage.  With
>real support for multiple inheritance, Python "interfaces" could be
>real classes (either like real Java classes or Java abstract classes),
>perhaps providing default implementations.  You get the goodness of
>mix-ins, along with interface communication.
>
I agree.  In Java, interfaces are necessary because multiple inheritance 
is not supported.  I see no good reason to add an additional language 
mechanism for interfaces when multiple inheritance would do the job, AFAICT.

Regards,

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Aaron Bingham
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