[Python-3000] PEP: rename it.next() to it.__next__(), add a next() built-in

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:

> One possibility for making a next() built-in more useful:
>
>     Just like getattr, two-argument next(iter, sentinel)
>     returns sentinel if StopException is caught.
>
> If you've used .next() explicitly, would this be handy?

Yes.
- -Barry

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