[issue29390] Python Tutorial should introduce iterators and generators

2017-01-30 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: IMO, the iterators are introduced at the correct point. There are many topics that one could argue should be introduced early, but of course they can't all go earlier (classes should be introduced earlier because everything in python is an object; namespa

[issue29390] Python Tutorial should introduce iterators and generators

2017-01-30 Thread Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard
Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard added the comment: Typo, is *now* becoming :-) -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsu

[issue29390] Python Tutorial should introduce iterators and generators

2017-01-30 Thread Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard
Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard added the comment: What change do you have in mind for introducing these? As for my personal opinion, dunno about this. I understand your concerns but dropping more terminology to a new learner early on wouldn't be the best idea in my view. >From what I am aware, Pytho

[issue29390] Python Tutorial should introduce iterators and generators

2017-01-30 Thread Michael Kesper
New submission from Michael Kesper: Please look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41932287/how-can-i-create-a-loop-for-these-if-statements/41932494?noredirect=1#41932494 For beginners, it would be good to introduce the concepts of 'pythonic' dealing with sequences (iterators) and streams