itertools comments [Was: Re: RELEASED: Python 2.3a2]

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Jimmy Retzlaff]
> Come to think of it, I'd probably use itercat even more
> often than xwindow.

If I get a few more requests for it, itercat() will go in.
In the docs, I mention that this tool is the current
most likely addition to the module.  One proposed
name for the function is chain().


> I can see how following use cases like this could
> lead to the size of itertools exploding pretty quickly.

You're absolutely right.


Raymond Hettinger