PEP 322: Reverse Iteration (REVISED, please comment)

[Alex Martelli]

Werner Schiendl wrote:
   ...
> Another possibility would be to have a static method for iter:
> 
> for elem in iter.reversed(sed):
>      print elem
> 
> (in that case I'd use an attribute rather than a verb, because
>   the generated iter(ator) will be reverse_d_).
> 
> The static method approach would clearly document that the
> result is an iterator (which none of the other names proposed
> really does IMHO)

I like this one!  Another advantage is, one fewer built-in.

Problem is, iter is currently a built-in function, not a type...


Alex