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Wed May 28 00:54:20 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-May/079825.html

 "Jim Jewett" 
> It isn't really stringiness that matters, it is that you have to
> terminate even though you still have an iterable container.

Well said.

> Guido had at least a start in Searchable, back when ABC
> were still in the sandbox:

Have to disagree here.  An object cannot know in general
whether a flattener wants to split it or not.  That is an application
dependent decision.  A better answer is be able to tell the
flattener what should be considered atomic in a given circumstance.

Raymond

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