[issue8905] difflib should accept arbitrary line iterators

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: 'difflib' is a module that defines three classes and some functions. It does not do anything in itself. SequenceMatcher, which is the basis for the other functions, operates on sequences of hashable objects. The inputs must be concrete random access indexed se

[issue8905] difflib should accept arbitrary line iterators

Éric Araujo added the comment: A quick look at the code doesn’t immediately tells me that difflib accepts sequences, not only lists. I’m not sure iterators are accepted too. What specific functions or methods have you found too strict? -- stage: needs patch -> test needed versions:

[issue8905] difflib should accept arbitrary line iterators

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