[Python-Dev] PEP 0424: A method for exposing a length hint

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:08:00 +0100
Mark Shannon <mark at hotpy.org> wrote:
> 
> What should happen if I am silly enough to do this:
>  >>> list(itertools.count())
> 
> This will fail; it should fail quickly.

Why should it? AFAIK it's not a common complaint. You said it yourself:
it's a silly thing to do.

Regards

Antoine.


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