"F. Petitjean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I want to know if iter(iterator) returns always its argument (when > argument is an iterator)
By the strict definition of iterator (versus iterable) that requires that as a condition to be an iterator, then yes. If you use a looser definition of iterator, then perhaps not. >>>> iterable = range(10) >>>> it = iter(iterable) >>>> that = iter(it) >>>> that is it > True # Good! >>>> that is it is not it This is equivalent to '(that is it) and (it is not it)' which is clearly false. > False # What ? Reread the ref manual on chained comparison operators. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
