On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:12:51AM +1200, Greg Ewing wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >I too often forget that reverse() returns an iterator, > > That seems like a mistake. Shouldn't it return a view?
I don't know what it "should" or "shouldn't" it return, but it actually does return an iterator: py> L = [1, 2, 3] py> R = reversed(L) py> hasattr(R, '__iter__') and iter(R) is R True -- Steven _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
