[issue8905] difflib: support input generators

Changes by Brian Curtin : -- nosy: +brian.curtin stage: -> needs patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubs

[issue8905] difflib: support input generators

Éric Araujo added the comment: If you allow me to rephrase your feature request to “difflib should allow arbitrary iterators that yield lines”, I’m +1. Adjusting the version and adding tim_one to nosy as per py3k/Misc/maintainers.rst -- nosy: +merwok, tim_one type: resource usage ->

[issue8905] difflib: support input generators

New submission from anatoly techtonik : difflib operates on the lists, but it should be possible to use arbitrary generators. This will require internal limit on buffer size that has a side advantage of limiting difflib to available memory. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 107130