"Produces the elements of an [[Iterable]] object. For
example, this class has an `Iterator` that produces the
integers from `min` to `max`:
class IntegerIterable(Integer min, Integer max)
satisfies {Integer+} {
iterator() => object satisfies Iterator<Integer> {
variable value i = min;
next() => i<=max then i++ else finished;
};
}
An iterator is _exhausted_ when [[next]] produces the
value [[finished]]."
see (`interface Iterable`)
by ("Gavin")
tagged("Streams")
shared interface Iterator<out Element> {
"The next element, or [[finished]] if there are no more
elements to be iterated.
Repeated invocations of `next()` for a given iterator
must eventually produce any given element of the stream
to which the iterator belongs. A given iterator must
not produce the same element of the stream more often
than the element occurs in the stream.
If an invocation of `next()` for a given iterator
produces the value `finished`, then every future
invocation of `next()` for that iterator must also
produce the value `finished`.
An iterator for a nonfinite stream may never produce
the value `finished`."
shared formal Element|Finished next();
}