iterables include all sequence types (such as :class:`list`, :class:`str`,
and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`,
:term:`file objects <file object>`, and objects of any classes you define
- with an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method or with a
+ with an :meth:`~object.__iter__` method or with a
:meth:`~object.__getitem__` method
that implements :term:`sequence` semantics.
MyIterable.register(Foo)
The ABC ``MyIterable`` defines the standard iterable method,
- :meth:`~iterator.__iter__`, as an abstract method. The implementation given
+ :meth:`~object.__iter__`, as an abstract method. The implementation given
here can still be called from subclasses. The :meth:`!get_iterator` method
is also part of the ``MyIterable`` abstract base class, but it does not have
to be overridden in non-abstract derived classes.
The :meth:`__subclasshook__` class method defined here says that any class
- that has an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method in its
+ that has an :meth:`~object.__iter__` method in its
:attr:`~object.__dict__` (or in that of one of its base classes, accessed
via the :attr:`~type.__mro__` list) is considered a ``MyIterable`` too.
Finally, the last line makes ``Foo`` a virtual subclass of ``MyIterable``,
- even though it does not define an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method (it uses
+ even though it does not define an :meth:`~object.__iter__` method (it uses
the old-style iterable protocol, defined in terms of :meth:`~object.__len__` and
:meth:`~object.__getitem__`). Note that this will not make ``get_iterator``
available as a method of ``Foo``, so it is provided separately.
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Python's :term:`generator`\s provide a convenient way to implement the iterator
-protocol. If a container object's :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method is implemented as a
+protocol. If a container object's :meth:`~object.__iter__` method is implemented as a
generator, it will automatically return an iterator object (technically, a
-generator object) supplying the :meth:`!__iter__` and :meth:`~generator.__next__`
+generator object) supplying the :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` and :meth:`~generator.__next__`
methods.
More information about generators can be found in :ref:`the documentation for
the yield expression <yieldexpr>`.