[Python-ideas] Make len() usable on a generator

[Mark Young]

Why do you think len is an inherently O(1) operation? Sure, on array-based
things it is, but for an arbitrary collection, the only logical assertion
is that it's O(n). (For some containers, like arrays, it might be O(1) as
well, but you can't assume that in general)​
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