Edward Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is why the C++ STL has independent forward and backward iterator types.
Let me see if I can paraphrase the difference between the Python design philosophy and the C++ design philosophy about most things. Python says, "Let's make things simple enough that it can be explained fully in a couple of paragraphs, even if it means there are some things you can't do". C++ says, "Let's make it possible to do anything, even if it makes it complicated enough that it takes a shelf full of books to explain it all". There may be value in restartable iterators, but comparing what we've got now to STL isn't the way to convince people it's a good idea :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
