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Tue Nov 3 08:30:46 CET 2009 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-November/093584.html

On 02Nov2009 10:21, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
| Cameron Simpson <cs <at> zip.com.au> writes:
| > 
| > Personally, I'm for the iteration spec in a lot of ways.
| > 
| > Firstly, a .get()/.pick() that always returns the same element feels
| > horrible. Is there anyone here who _likes_ it?
| 
| I do. Since the caller is asking for an arbitrary element, returning the same
| element is legitimate. It's funny how people seem to have a problem with the
| word "arbitrary" :)
| 
| And I'm -1 on any implicit iteration attaching some state to the object. If you
| want to iterate, there's already an obvious way to it.

Good point. Colour me convinced by this.

I suggest the doco is really clear about the word arbitrary:-)
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