Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ?

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> Hmmm. I'm not sure I believe that. Can you enumerate all of the items
>> and see if there actually is an infinite number of them? I'll wait...
>
> A mathematician should know better: you don't need to enumerate to
> demonstrate a collection is infinite.

But you may have to demonstrate a 1:1 correspondence with counting
numbers, to prove that it's countably infinite. And that's pretty much
what the enumerate() function does, so that's enumeration.... right?

Bizarre pseudo-logic for the win.

ChrisA

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  Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2015-02-18 08:39 +1100
    Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? candide <c.candide@laposte.net> - 2015-02-17 16:30 -0800
      Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 11:49 +1100
        Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? candide <pascal.ortiz@gmail.com> - 2015-02-17 18:14 -0800
          Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-02-18 18:04 +0000
          Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 11:50 -0700
          Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-18 11:43 -0800
          Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-02-18 15:04 -0500
            Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-19 10:03 +1100
              Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 11:05 +1100
              Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 11:33 +1100
  Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-02-17 19:54 -0500
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    Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-19 11:20 +0000
  Re: What the Pythons docs means by "container" ? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 03:37 -0800
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