[Python-Dev] Proposal for a new itertools function: iwindow

[Raymond Hettinger]

> Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
>>> Some open question remain:
>>> - should iwindow return lists or tuples?
>>> - what happens if the length of the iterable is smaller than the
>>> window size, and no padding is specified? Is this an error? Should
>>> the generator return no value at all or one window that is too small?


An itertools windowing function was previously discussed and rejected.


Raymond