# HG changeset patch
# User delallea@opale.iro.umontreal.ca
# Date 1212156886 14400
# Node ID ddb88a8e9fd2e45decf033e50a4b7e78a33254dc
# Parent  c047238e5b3fcbd3a8c43830cf87c6ef00cc2bac
If I understand properly, the length of an unbounded stream is sys.maxint

diff -r c047238e5b3f -r ddb88a8e9fd2 dataset.py
--- a/dataset.py	Tue May 27 15:49:09 2008 -0400
+++ b/dataset.py	Fri May 30 10:14:46 2008 -0400
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
     columns/attributes are called fields. The field value for a particular example can be an arbitrary
     python object, which depends on the particular dataset.
     
-    We call a DataSet a 'stream' when its length is unbounded (otherwise its __len__ method
+    We call a DataSet a 'stream' when its length is unbounded (in which case its __len__ method
     should return sys.maxint).
 
     A DataSet is a generator of iterators; these iterators can run through the
     examples or the fields in a variety of ways.  A DataSet need not necessarily have a finite
     or known length, so this class can be used to interface to a 'stream' which
     feeds on-line learning (however, as noted below, some operations are not
-    feasible or not recommanded on streams).
+    feasible or not recommended on streams).
 
     To iterate over examples, there are several possibilities:
      - for example in dataset:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
      - for field_examples in dataset.fields():
         for example_value in field_examples:
            ...
-    but when the dataset is a stream (unbounded length), it is not recommanded to do 
+    but when the dataset is a stream (unbounded length), it is not recommended to do 
     such things because the underlying dataset may refuse to access the different fields in
     an unsynchronized ways. Hence the fields() method is illegal for streams, by default.
     The result of fields() is a L{DataSetFields} object, which iterates over fields,
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
     * for field_examples in dataset.fields():
         for example_value in field_examples:
            ...
-    but when the dataset is a stream (unbounded length), it is not recommanded to do 
+    but when the dataset is a stream (unbounded length), it is not recommended to do 
     such things because the underlying dataset may refuse to access the different fields in
     an unsynchronized ways. Hence the fields() method is illegal for streams, by default.
     The result of fields() is a DataSetFields object, which iterates over fields,