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What exactly is <collection>
?
Collection is my name for an iterable object. An iterable object in Python is any object that has at least one of iter() and getitem() special methods defined. By convention, <object>.__iter__()
should return an iterator of object's items and <object>.__getitem__(<index>)
an item at that index. I chose not to use the name iterable because it sounds scarier and more vague than collection, even though it has a precise definition.
- To make matters a bit more confusing, an abstract base class called Iterable doesn't fully follow this definition. An expression instanceof(<object>, collections.abc.Iterable)
only checks whether an object has iter() special method, disregarding the getitem().
- Although collection has no definition in Python's glossary, there exists a Collection abstract base class. Expression instanceof(<object>, collections.abc.Collection)
returns 'True' for any object that has len() and at least one of iter() and getitem() special methods defined. By convention, <object>.__len__()
should return the number of object's elements.
+ To make matters a bit more confusing, an abstract base class called Iterable doesn't fully follow this definition. An expression isinstance(<object>, collections.abc.Iterable)
only checks whether an object has iter() special method, disregarding the getitem().
+ Although collection has no definition in Python's glossary, there exists a Collection abstract base class. Expression isinstance(<object>, collections.abc.Collection)
returns 'True' for any object that has len() and at least one of iter() and getitem() special methods defined. By convention, <object>.__len__()
should return the number of object's elements.
What about PEP 8?