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Author	methane
Recipients	docs@python, methane
Date	2010-11-13.19:18:27
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In http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.6/glossary.html, "iterable" is described as "A container object capable of returning its members one at a time." Is it correct? Is stream object like file a container type? Container ABC requires only "__contains__" abstract method. I think file is iterable but is not container. Likewise, "and objects of any classes you define with an __iter__() or __getitem__() method." is wrong because __getitem__ method is not relate to iterable.

In http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.6/glossary.html, "iterable" is described as
"A container object capable of returning its members one at a time."
Is it correct? Is stream object like file a container type?

Container ABC requires only "__contains__" abstract method. I think file
is iterable but is not container.

Likewise, "and objects of any classes you define with an __iter__() or
__getitem__() method." is wrong because __getitem__ method is not relate to
iterable.

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