[Python-Dev] iterator API in Py3.0
Michael Hoffman
hoffman at ebi.ac.uk
Mon Mar 6 19:47:00 CET 2006
Another nice thing about having a next() built-in is that it makes
getting the first item of a generator expression a lot more elegant,
IMHO.
I think this:
next(item for item in items if item > 3)
is a lot clearer than this:
(item for item in items if item > 3).next()
or alternatives that would break this into multiple statements.
[inspired by a recent python-list question]
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Michael Hoffman <hoffman at ebi.ac.uk>
European Bioinformatics Institute
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