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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:24:49 -0600
Subject: Re: sum works in sequences (Python 3)
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
> Are iterables and sequences different enough to warrant posting a
> bug report?

The glossary is specific about the definitions of both, so I would say yes.

http://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#term-iterable
http://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#term-sequence