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Author	benjamin.peterson
Recipients	Elvis.Pranskevichus, amaury.forgeotdarc, benjamin.peterson, rhettinger, stutzbach, terry.reedy
Date	2011-04-01.23:10:21
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In-reply-to	<1301699197.28.0.373628590338.issue11674@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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2011/4/1 Raymond Hettinger <report@bugs.python.org>: > [benjamin] > The __length_hint__ protocol is a public API, so anyone can use it. Also, the issue is a broader than __length_hint__, it is really distinguishing multiple possible meanings for a TypeError raised by a call to __len__. What?? I certainly hope not. I thought it was supposed to be a performance hack.

2011/4/1 Raymond Hettinger <report@bugs.python.org>:
> [benjamin]
> The __length_hint__ protocol is a public API, so anyone can use it.  Also, the issue is a broader than __length_hint__, it is really distinguishing multiple possible meanings for a TypeError raised by a call to __len__.

What?? I certainly hope not. I thought it was supposed to be a performance hack.

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