Iterator Protocol
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New in version 2.2.

There are two functions specifically for working with iterators.

int PyIter_Check(PyObject *o)

   Return true if the object *o* supports the iterator protocol.

   This function can return a false positive in the case of old-style
   classes because those classes always define a "tp_iternext" slot
   with logic that either invokes a "next()" method or raises a
   "TypeError".

PyObject* PyIter_Next(PyObject *o)
    *Return value: New reference.*

   Return the next value from the iteration *o*.  The object must be
   an iterator (it is up to the caller to check this).  If there are
   no remaining values, returns *NULL* with no exception set.  If an
   error occurs while retrieving the item, returns *NULL* and passes
   along the exception.

To write a loop which iterates over an iterator, the C code should
look something like this:

   PyObject *iterator = PyObject_GetIter(obj);
   PyObject *item;

   if (iterator == NULL) {
       /* propagate error */
   }

   while (item = PyIter_Next(iterator)) {
       /* do something with item */
       ...
       /* release reference when done */
       Py_DECREF(item);
   }

   Py_DECREF(iterator);

   if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
       /* propagate error */
   }
   else {
       /* continue doing useful work */
   }
