[Python-Dev] Single- vs. Multi-pass iterability

[Greg Ewing]

Ka-Ping:

> is it
> acceptable to write an iterator that only provides <next> if you
> only care about the "iteration protocol" and not the "for-able
> protocol"?

Probably just as acceptable as writing a file object
that only provides some of the file methods.
Seems quite Pythonic to me.

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