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Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in

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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2014 8:31 AM, "Ned Batchelder" <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>> NOTE: THIS EXAMPLE IS HORRIBLE.  This code is crazy-confusing, and should
>> never have been used as an example of iteration. It layers at least three
>> iterations on top of each other, making it very difficult to see what is
>> going on.  It uses "while iters" where "while True" would do exactly the
>> same thing (iters will never be false).
>
> That's not quite correct; the "while iters" actually guards against the case
> where the passed args are empty. With no sub-iterators, no StopIteration
> would ever be raised, and the result would be an infinite generator of empty
> tuples. The "while iters" makes it return immediately instead.
>
> So it seems this example is even more confusing than you thought.

I'm actually glad PEP 479 will break this kind of code. Gives a good
excuse for rewriting it to be more readable.

ChrisA

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Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 05:29 +1100
  Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-08 10:33 +1100
    Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 10:50 +1100
      Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-07 19:27 -0500
        Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 11:35 +1100
          Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-08 09:40 +0000
            Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 20:50 +1100
            Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-08 19:02 -0500
    Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-07 19:12 -0500
      Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 11:34 +1100
        Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-07 19:45 -0500
          Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-08 12:00 +1100
          Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-12-08 03:09 +0000
      Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-07 19:38 -0500
        Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-12-08 18:06 +1300
      Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-12-07 20:06 -0500
      Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-09 13:50 +1100
        Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-09 00:03 -0500
          Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-09 06:40 +0000
        Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-09 15:06 -0500
          Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-10 11:10 +1100
            Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-10 11:20 +1100
            Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-12-10 00:24 +0000
            Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-09 21:44 -0500
              Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-10 09:24 +0000
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-10 20:32 +1100
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-10 12:58 +0200
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-10 09:46 -0700
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-11 04:01 +0000
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-11 15:00 -0700
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-12 10:28 +1100
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-11 16:57 -0700
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-12-11 20:55 -0500
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-12 00:36 -0700
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-12 11:44 +1100
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-10 12:48 -0500
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-10 13:32 -0700
                Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-12-10 23:17 -0500
    Re: Python Iterables struggling using map() built-in Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-12-08 18:00 +1300

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