[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 322: Reverse Iteration

Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) tdelaney at avaya.com
Tue Nov 4 16:57:43 EST 2003


> From: Alex Martelli [mailto:aleaxit at yahoo.com]
> 
> or reversed(enumerate(seq)) if the index IS needed.

Hmm - wouldn't this give an iterator that returned two values - an iterable for the seq, and an iterable for the indexes of seq?

I would think this would need to be:

    reversed(*enumerate(seq))

with the presumption being that reversed would reverse each parameter and return them in lockstep.

Tim Delaney



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