[Python-Dev] Single- vs. Multi-pass iterability
Clark C . Evans
cce@clarkevans.com
Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:06:31 -0400
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 02:58:55PM -0500, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
| But i think this is more than a minor problem. This is a
| namespace collision problem, and that's significant. Naming
| the method "next" means that any object with a "next" method
| cannot be adapted to support the iterator protocol. Unfortunately
| "next" is a pretty common word and it's quite possible that such
| a method name is already in use.
Ping,
Do you have any suggestions for re-wording the Iterator questionare
at http://yaml.org/wk/survey?id=pyiter to reflect this paragraph above?
Best,
Clark
--
Clark C. Evans Axista, Inc.
http://www.axista.com 800.926.5525
XCOLLA Collaborative Project Management Software