[Python-ideas] Revised**12 PEP on Yield-From

[Jacob Holm]

Mathias Panzenböck wrote:
> Jacob Holm wrote:
>  > Scott David Daniels wrote:
>  >> Now that we passed the magic three or four threshold, is
>  >> it not easier to read if we pick some better names?
>  >>
>  >>       _iter = iter(EXPR)
>  >>       _call, _arg = next, _iter
>  >
> 
> And I guess there is a missing "next = _iter.next" before this line?
> 


Nope.  In 2.6 and 3.0, next is a global function:

"""
next(iterator[, default])

Return the next item from the iterator. If default is given and the 
iterator is exhausted, it is returned instead of raising StopIteration.
"""

- Jacob