steve holden gsdszholdenwebcom isaac morland wrote wed 16 apr 2008 paul moore wrote 16042008 armin rigo wrote less confusing readily generalizable would also helpful imho use kind repr builtin iterators iterables instead mostyuseless default repr quite like nonbeginner ill freely admit intuitions suspect like iterators though would always show next couple elements values contained iterator change iterator iterates alternatively representation could frozen reflect values originally pending iterator representation wouldnt show anything current state iterator consume values iterator display repr propose store application wants distinguish real repr consumption values next couple elements dangerous thing use unless dont mind disappearing last ones right youd end storing lists anyway regards steve steve holden 1 571 484 6266 1 800 494 3119 holden web llc httpwwwholdenwebcom _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 125857 0400 pythondev string representation range 30