[Python-ideas] Introduce collections.Reiterable

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:23:54AM -0400, Neil Girdhar wrote:
> I appreciate the discussion illuminating various aspects of this I hadn't
> considered. Finally, what I think I want is for
> * all sequences
> * all views
> * numpy arrays
> to answer yes to reiterable, and
> * all generators
> to answer no to reiterable.

Which brings us full circle to:

if isinstance(obj, Iterable) and not isinstance(obj, Iterator):
    print("Is re-iterable")
else:
    print("Is not re-iterable")


which I believe satisfies your requirement. Can you show any standard, 
non-pathological type where this test fails to give the correct answer? 
If not, what exactly is the problem with just using that test?

As far as I am concerned, not every one-line test needs an ABC.


-- 
Steven