Few questions about new features in Python 2.2

[Michael Hudson]

s.keim at laposte.net (sebastien) writes:

> Why iterators can't be copied?

Think about 

>>> i = iter(sys.stdin)
>>> j = iter(i)

when sys.stdin is attached to a pipe.

or iter(iter(g())) for some generator g.

It just ain't possible in general.

Cheers,
M.

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