I had barely no idea that the iter function could do that in Python. You can call it with two arguments, a function and a stop value, and have your function being executed until the stop value is returned. It can have some interesting usages, as shown in the article. I would not use it all over the place because it looks like a bit dark magic but still a nice tool to keep in mind.
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In this article, the author provide some interesting techniques for optimising Python code, in particular, memory consumption for cases where memory is critical or resources are limited. I would personally not apply all those techniques by default and reserve them for specific use cases, preferring readability in a first place. Still, those techniques are interesting to have in mind.
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