From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-03-28T05:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: pypes

Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
> On Mar 27, 12:20 pm, "Martin DeMello" <martindeme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2008_03_22.shtml#e954
>>
>> Nice example of what you can do with generators. Is this sort of thing
>> doable efficiently in 1.9?
> 
> some_date.filter1.filter2.action
> 
> What is the advantage of data filters over method chaining in
> practical terms? What am I missing?

Apparently, PragDave's filters read one entry at a time, on demand (like 
unix pipes). Method chaining has to build a complete collection for each 
step.

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