[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a reason why generators have a special method named "next" vs.
"__next__"?
All other Python's special names have the double underscore
prefix/suffix.
http://docs.python.org/ref/specialnames.html
It's actually considered a mistake.
The original rationale is spelled out in PEP 234 - see the Resolved
Issues section:
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0234/
It is being renamed to __next__() in Python 3.0 and there will be a
builtin next() method that calls it. Instead of iterator.next() you will
call next(iterator).
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3114/
Kent
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