[Python-ideas] Generators are iterators

[Chris Barker]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Alexander Belopolsky <
alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov>
> wrote:
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>> 2) there are a number of TIPPS in the standard library: things like
>> tupleiterator and friends, the range object, etc.
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> The range object is not an iterator
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indeed -- sorry about that -- the "rangeiterator" object, that is. The
point here is that there are a bunch of builtin types that are TIIPs


> Please don't confuse iterators and iterables:
>

indeed, that is a distinction that should be kept clear.

Thanks
   -Chris



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