What exactly does "iterable" mean in Python? Why isn't my object which implements `__getitem__()` an iterable?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3279...

Question links:
[doc]: https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#...
[other people suggested]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1952...

Accepted answer links:
[Iterable]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/collec...
[abstract base classes]: https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#...
[PEP-3119]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/
[duck-typing]: https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#...
[iter]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functi...

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