Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment: > All iterators are always true,
More generally, all objects are true by default. The only false objects in Python are None; container-like objects with a __len__ that returns zero; and number-like objects with a __nonzero__ method that returns False. Guido decided that iterators should not be treated like containers and should not have a __len__ method. ---------- nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14924> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
