for loop: range() result has too many items
Matt Nordhoff
mnordhoff at mattnordhoff.com
Tue Oct 13 23:20:58 EDT 2009
Andre Engels wrote:
[snip]
> However, I think that the better Python way would be to use a generator:
>
> def infinite_numbergenerator():
> n = 0
> while True:
> yield n
> n += 1
>
> for i in infinite_numbergenerator():
> ...
That's what itertools.count() is for.
<http://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html#itertools.count>
It'll be faster, too, since it's written in C. Not that it really
matters, but it's always nice.
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