[Python-ideas] Membership of infinite iterators

[Koos Zevenhoven]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 9:24 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

>
> The re module increments a counter on each iteration and checks for
> signals when the bottom 12 bits are 0.
>
> The regex module increments a 16-bit counter on each iteration and checks
> for signals when it wraps around to 0.
>

Then I​'d say that's a great solution, except that `regex` probably
over-exaggerates the overhead of checking for signals, and that `re` module
for some strange reason wants to make an additional bitwise and.

-- Koos

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