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| Date | 2011-07-17 09:28 +1000 |
|---|---|
| From | Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: Possible File iteration bug |
| References | <4e2108b0$0$29972$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1139.1310858923.1164.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 16Jul2011 13:42, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
| Billy Mays wrote:
| > I was thinking that a convenient solution to this problem would be to
| > introduce a new Exception call PauseIteration, which would signal to the
| > caller that there is no more data for now, but not to close down the
| > generator entirely.
|
| It never fails to amuse me how often people consider it "convenient" to add
| new built-in functionality to Python to solve every little issue. As
| pie-in-the-sky wishful-thinking, it can be fun, but people often mean it to
| be taken seriously.
|
| Okay, we've come up with the solution of a new exception, PauseIteration,
| that the iterator protocol will recognise.
One might suggest that Billy could wrp his generator in a Queue(1) and
use the .empty() test, and/or raise his own PauseIteration from the
wrapper.
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Re: Possible File iteration bug Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-07-14 22:39 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-14 16:43 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 01:01 -0700
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-15 08:26 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 16:21 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-15 17:45 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-16 13:42 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 14:07 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-07-17 09:28 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-17 09:26 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 14:39 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-15 08:52 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 22:58 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 16:28 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-15 10:42 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 22:46 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-15 14:20 -0700
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