[Python-Dev] iterator API in Py3.0

[Guido van Rossum]

On 3/6/06, Michael Hoffman <hoffman at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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.

Why is putting everything on a single line considered elegant?

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