Matt Nordhoff wrote: > Andre Engels wrote: > [snip] > >> However, I think that the better Python way would be to use a generator: >> >> def infinite_numbergenerator(): >> n = 0 >> while True: >> yield n >> n += 1 >> >> for i in infinite_numbergenerator(): >> ... > > That's what itertools.count() is for. > > <http://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html#itertools.count> > > It'll be faster, too, since it's written in C. Not that it really > matters, but it's always nice.
...Although itertools.count() is limited by sys.maxint (well, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX), so I guess it isn't useful in this case. -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
