[Python-Dev] enumerate with a start index

[Michel Pelletier]

Martin Blais wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Just wondering, would anyone think of it as a good idea if the
> enumerate() builtin could accept a "start" argument?  I've run across
> a few cases where this would have been useful.  It seems generic
> enough too.

+1, but something more useful might be a a cross between enumerate a 
zip, where you pass N iterables and it yields N-tuples.  Then you could 
do something like:

zipyield(range(10, 20), mygenerator())

and it would be like you wanted for enumerate, but starting from 10 in 
this case.

-Michel


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