Although it's not always viable, given how easy it is to wrap an iterator, it seems like might come in handy for comprehensions. [x for x in items if x < 50 or items.close()] Shane Green www.umbrellacode.com 408-692-4666 | shane at umbrellacode.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/attachments/20130129/6a7864f8/attachment.html>