[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279

[Paul Svensson]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Just van Rossum wrote:

>But the *reason* for this proposal is to turn this idiom:
>
>  for i in range(len(seq)):
>      element = seq[i]
>      ...
>
>into this:
>
>  for i, element in enumerate(seq):
>      ...
>
>It's hardly useful for types that don't have numeric indices, so the fact that
>it _does_ work with any iterator seems almost an implementation detail.
>
>I quite like the name enumerate. Hate itercount. I'm neutral on indexed.

Pardon me if I'm daft, but...
What was wrong with seq.items() / seq.iteritems(),
that they dropped out of the discussion ?

	/Paul