Can I set iterator index?

[mcauto]

var list *arraylist.List
list = {0,1,2,3,4,5}
it := list.Iterator()
it.SetIndex(3);
it.Next(); // 4

[emirpasic]

Not at the moment, but somebody proposed something interesting:

• https://github.com/emirpasic/gods/pull/72/files#r219696954
• Iterator support seek ? #66

All three, including yourself, are asking for the same thing more or less, i.e. the ability to get the iterator from a specific location. For key-value structures that's the key, for others perhaps the index.

Not sure if I will call it list.IteratorAt(1) / tree.iteratorAt('someKey') or seek(), but this will definitively be implemented in future! Keeping this issue open until it's implemented on all structures that can be iterated.

[mcauto]

I think making setter method in iterator is better than IteratorAt() or seek()
What do you think?

[emirpasic]

@mcauto I don't have a strong opinion on either.

so SetIndex() and SetKey() would move the iterator to the given index/key, right?

[emirpasic]

#189 Implements the NextTo iterator function.

@mcauto please let me know if the below implements the requested functionality so that I can reopen this issue:

	seek := func(index int, value interface{}) bool {
		return index == 3
	}
	for found := it.NextTo(seek); found; found = it.Next() {
		index, value := it.Index(), it.Value()
	}

PS. I hope that this NextTo function can support the requested functionality rather than adding more functions (SetIndex and SetKey). The reason is to keep GoDS as minimal as possible and yet flexible. But please let me know if it is not what you asked for and I'll reevaluate again, adding SetIndex and SetKey is simple