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RE: popping an iterator - ndc85430 - Oct-03-2021
Again, given that iterators include generators, how exactly would reversing them work?
RE: popping an iterator - Skaperen - Oct-03-2021
(Oct-02-2021, 05:55 PM)ndc85430 Wrote: Also, what would you think should happen if the iterator was infinitely long?
what if the value passed to range() was extraordinarily high, such as 2**64? i know i would not take much memory, but what about time? we do make faster computers, but we still manage to run out of it on a regular basis. i think we know what to with software that is running and producing no results.
reversing an iterator has its limits. memory may be a frequent one. time may also be. imagine a computer so larg that it takes hours to clear memory to all zeroes.
imagine a new type of iterator with a method to access data from each end? imagine one that supports random access.