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

Alex Martelli aleaxit at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 5 15:34:55 EST 2003


On Wednesday 05 November 2003 19:33, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > So: let's keep it simple and have reversed
> > be _exactly_ equivalent to (net of performance, hypothetical anomalous
   ...
> I'd be for that, *if* we also allow as a possible outcome that
> reversed() simply doesn't find any use and we take it out before
> releasing 2.4b1.

Sure, why not?  Determining the exact set of features is what pre-beta
releases are for, in a sense.


Alex




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