Word for a non-iterator iterable?
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Feb 6 23:16:53 EST 2005
"vincent wehren" <vincent at visualtrans.de> wrote in message
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> Leif K-Brooks wrote:
>> Is there a word for an iterable object which isn't also an iterator, and
>> therefor can be iterated over multiple times without being exhausted?
The 'therefor' above is a non sequitor. A non-iterator iterable can also
be non-reiterable.
> How about 'reiterable'?
I agree. Reiterability is essential for some algorithms, while I am hard
put to think of a situation in which non-iterator-ness, by itself, is.
Terry J. Reedy
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