[Python-Dev] Re: Single- vs. Multi-pass iterability
Greg Ewing
greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:54:25 +1200 (NZST)
pinard@iro.umontreal.ca:
> could we have the guarantee that if an iterable returns an
> iterator through the iterable's __iter__, the iterator's __iter__ method
> will never be called from looping over the iterable?
[...pause while Greg's brain parses that sentence...]
Yes, I believe that's true.
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