[Python-Dev] Re: Allowing slicing of iterators

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> As a trivial example, here's how to skip the head of a zero-numbered list:
>>
>>    for i, item in enumerate("ABCDEF")[1:]:
>>      print i, item
>>
>> Is this idea a non-starter, or should I spend my holiday on Wednesday finishing
>> it off and writing the documentation and tests for it?
>
> Since we already have the islice iterator, what's the point?

readability?  I don't have to import seqtools to work with traditional
sequences, so why should I have to import itertools to be able to use
the goodies in there?  better leave that to the compiler.

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