Re: how to stop an iterator

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:59:36AM -0400, H. William Welliver III wrote:
> >yeah, but next() is optional and not used by foreach
> There's no indication that next() is optional.

the documentation starts with:
"If this function is defined"

> >it would be different if next() where the standard way of advancing  
> >the iterator.
> Well, it is the "standard" way, [by "standard", I mean the pattern  
> employed by C++, Java, Objective-C, etc] Pike just happens to use  
> operator overloading instead.

i agree that when trying to use some iterator manually i was surprised
at first when next() did not work.

greetings, martin.