as well as::
- number_of_msgs = len(threads)
+ list_of_threads = list(threads)
will "exhaust" the threads. If you need to re-iterate over a list of
messages you will need to retrieve a new :class:`Threads` object.
for thread in threads:
threadlist.append(thread)
- # threads is "exhausted" now and even len(threads) will raise an
- # exception.
+ # threads is "exhausted" now.
# However it will be kept around until all retrieved Thread() objects are
# also deleted. If you did e.g. an explicit del(threads) here, the
# following lines would fail.
return thread
next = __next__ # python2.x iterator protocol compatibility
- def __len__(self):
- """len(:class:`Threads`) returns the number of contained Threads
-
- .. note:: As this iterates over the threads, we will not be able to
- iterate over them again! So this will fail::
-
- #THIS FAILS
- threads = Database().create_query('').search_threads()
- if len(threads) > 0: #this 'exhausts' threads
- # next line raises :exc:`NotInitializedError`!!!
- for thread in threads: print thread
- """
- if not self._threads:
- raise NotInitializedError()
-
- i = 0
- # returns 'bool'. On out-of-memory it returns None
- while self._valid(self._threads):
- self._move_to_next(self._threads)
- i += 1
- # reset self._threads to mark as "exhausted"
- self._threads = None
- return i
-
def __nonzero__(self):
'''
Implement truth value testing. If __nonzero__ is not