[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279 revisited

Just van Rossum just@letterror.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:53:06 +0200


Alex Martelli wrote:
> Apart from this, "indices" suggests you're getting ONLY indices --
> while when you iterate on this type you get indices AND contents.

Neil Schemenauer wrote:
> Ah, I misunderstood what this unnamed function does.  I was thinking it
> works like .keys() on dictionaries.  You're telling me it works like
> ..items().  In that case I don't like enumerate() or itemize(). :-(

Eh, this is the definition from the PEP:

    def enumerate(collection):
        'Generates an indexed series:  (0,coll[0]), (1,coll[1]) ...'     
        i = 0
        it = iter(collection)
        while 1:
            yield (i, it.next())
            i += 1

(And enumerate() gets a +1 from me.)

Just