[Python-Dev] Termination of two-arg iter()

[Aahz]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
>   (b) implement (and document!) the "sink-state" rule from the PEP.
> 
> If we end up adopting (b), what can we do to Python 2.2 that doesn't
> break the "bug-fixes-only" promise of that branch?

Well, from my POV, given that the PEP is mostly clear about the intent,
fixing the implementation to match the PEP precisely matches the "bug-fix
only" rule.  We've been trying to move away from "reference defined by
implementation", and this seems like a perfect opportunity to exercise it.
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