PEP 3114: rename .next() to .__next__() and add next() builtin.
diff --git a/Doc/api/newtypes.tex b/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
index e5c5aac..af1aed3 100644
--- a/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
   iterator, or raises \exception{StopIteration} when the iterator is
   exhausted.  Its presence normally signals that the instances of this
   type are iterators (although classic instances always have this
-  function, even if they don't define a \method{next()} method).
+  function, even if they don't define a \method{__next__()} method).
 
   Iterator types should also define the \member{tp_iter} function, and
   that function should return the iterator instance itself (not a new
diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index 124dd01..98d1094 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -199,11 +199,13 @@
 
 An iterator is an object representing a stream of data; this object
 returns the data one element at a time.  A Python iterator must
-support a method called ``next()`` that takes no arguments and always
+support a method called ``__next__()`` that takes no arguments and always
 returns the next element of the stream.  If there are no more elements
-in the stream, ``next()`` must raise the ``StopIteration`` exception.
+in the stream, ``__next__()`` must raise the ``StopIteration`` exception.
 Iterators don't have to be finite, though; it's perfectly reasonable
 to write an iterator that produces an infinite stream of data.
+The built-in ``next()`` function is normally used to call the iterator's
+``__next__()`` method.
 
 The built-in ``iter()`` function takes an arbitrary object and tries
 to return an iterator that will return the object's contents or
@@ -218,13 +220,13 @@
     >>> it = iter(L)
     >>> print it
     <iterator object at 0x8116870>
-    >>> it.next()
+    >>> next(it)
     1
-    >>> it.next()
+    >>> next(it)
     2
-    >>> it.next()
+    >>> next(it)
     3
-    >>> it.next()
+    >>> next(it)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
     StopIteration
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@
 Note that you can only go forward in an iterator; there's no way to
 get the previous element, reset the iterator, or make a copy of it.
 Iterator objects can optionally provide these additional capabilities,
-but the iterator protocol only specifies the ``next()`` method.
+but the iterator protocol only specifies the ``__next__()`` method.
 Functions may therefore consume all of the iterator's output, and if
 you need to do something different with the same stream, you'll have
 to create a new iterator.
@@ -485,7 +487,7 @@
 statement.  The big difference between ``yield`` and a
 ``return`` statement is that on reaching a ``yield`` the
 generator's state of execution is suspended and local variables are
-preserved.  On the next call to the generator's ``.next()`` method,
+preserved.  On the next call ``next(generator)``,
 the function will resume executing.  
 
 Here's a sample usage of the ``generate_ints()`` generator::
@@ -493,13 +495,13 @@
     >>> gen = generate_ints(3)
     >>> gen
     <generator object at 0x8117f90>
-    >>> gen.next()
+    >>> next(gen)
     0
-    >>> gen.next()
+    >>> next(gen)
     1
-    >>> gen.next()
+    >>> next(gen)
     2
-    >>> gen.next()
+    >>> next(gen)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "stdin", line 1, in ?
       File "stdin", line 2, in generate_ints
@@ -521,7 +523,7 @@
 own class and storing all the local variables of the generator as
 instance variables.  For example, returning a list of integers could
 be done by setting ``self.count`` to 0, and having the
-``next()`` method increment ``self.count`` and return it.
+``__next__()`` method increment ``self.count`` and return it.
 However, for a moderately complicated generator, writing a
 corresponding class can be much messier.
 
@@ -583,7 +585,7 @@
 Values are sent into a generator by calling its
 ``send(value)`` method.  This method resumes the 
 generator's code and the ``yield`` expression returns the specified
-value.  If the regular ``next()`` method is called, the
+value.  If the regular ``__next__()`` method is called, the
 ``yield`` returns ``None``.
 
 Here's a simple counter that increments by 1 and allows changing the
@@ -604,18 +606,18 @@
 And here's an example of changing the counter:
 
     >>> it = counter(10)
-    >>> print it.next()
+    >>> print next(it)
     0
-    >>> print it.next()
+    >>> print next(it)
     1
     >>> print it.send(8)
     8
-    >>> print it.next()
+    >>> print next(it)
     9
-    >>> print it.next()
+    >>> print next(it)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File ``t.py'', line 15, in ?
-        print it.next()
+        print next(it)
     StopIteration
 
 Because ``yield`` will often be returning ``None``, you
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcollections.tex b/Doc/lib/libcollections.tex
index a763e31..5a07a2d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcollections.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcollections.tex
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     while pending:
         task = pending.popleft()
         try:
-            yield task.next()
+            yield next(task)
         except StopIteration:
             continue
         pending.append(task)
@@ -315,12 +315,12 @@
 
 The function \function{int()} which always returns zero is just a special
 case of constant functions.  A faster and more flexible way to create
-constant functions is to use \function{itertools.repeat()} which can supply
+constant functions is to use a lambda function which can supply
 any constant value (not just zero):
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> def constant_factory(value):
-...     return itertools.repeat(value).next
+...     return lambda: value
 >>> d = defaultdict(constant_factory('<missing>'))
 >>> d.update(name='John', action='ran')
 >>> '%(name)s %(action)s to %(object)s' % d
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex
index b87bc9d..54fc8db 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
-        return self.reader.next().encode("utf-8")
+    def __next__(self):
+        return next(self.reader).encode("utf-8")
 
 class UnicodeReader:
     """
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@
         f = UTF8Recoder(f, encoding)
         self.reader = csv.reader(f, dialect=dialect, **kwds)
 
-    def next(self):
-        row = self.reader.next()
+    def __next__(self):
+        row = next(self.reader)
         return [unicode(s, "utf-8") for s in row]
 
     def __iter__(self):
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdis.tex b/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
index 4b0d63b..2d78d9a 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
@@ -529,10 +529,10 @@
 \end{opcodedesc}
 
 \begin{opcodedesc}{FOR_ITER}{delta}
-\code{TOS} is an iterator.  Call its \method{next()} method.  If this
-yields a new value, push it on the stack (leaving the iterator below
-it).  If the iterator indicates it is exhausted  \code{TOS} is
-popped, and the byte code counter is incremented by \var{delta}.
+  \code{TOS} is an iterator.  Call its \method{__next__()} method.  If this
+  yields a new value, push it on the stack (leaving the iterator below it).  If
+  the iterator indicates it is exhausted \code{TOS} is popped, and the byte code
+  counter is incremented by \var{delta}.
 \end{opcodedesc}
 
 %\begin{opcodedesc}{FOR_LOOP}{delta}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
index 02e99a7..d119ed9 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@
 \end{excdesc}
 
 \begin{excdesc}{StopIteration}
-  Raised by an iterator's \method{next()} method to signal that there
-  are no further values.
+  Raised by builtin \function{next()} and an iterator's \method{__next__()}
+  method to signal that there are no further values.
   This is derived from \exception{Exception} rather than
   \exception{StandardError}, since this is not considered an error in
   its normal application.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index b1d2983..b488ce4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -342,14 +342,12 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{enumerate}{iterable}
-  Return an enumerate object. \var{iterable} must be a sequence, an
-  iterator, or some other object which supports iteration.  The
-  \method{next()} method of the iterator returned by
-  \function{enumerate()} returns a tuple containing a count (from
-  zero) and the corresponding value obtained from iterating over
-  \var{iterable}.  \function{enumerate()} is useful for obtaining an
-  indexed series: \code{(0, seq[0])}, \code{(1, seq[1])}, \code{(2,
-  seq[2])}, \ldots.
+  Return an enumerate object. \var{iterable} must be a sequence, an iterator, or
+  some other object which supports iteration.  The \method{__next__()} method of
+  the iterator returned by \function{enumerate()} returns a tuple containing a
+  count (from zero) and the corresponding value obtained from iterating over
+  \var{iterable}.  \function{enumerate()} is useful for obtaining an indexed
+  series: \code{(0, seq[0])}, \code{(1, seq[1])}, \code{(2, seq[2])}, \ldots.
   \versionadded{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
@@ -615,7 +613,7 @@
   support either of those protocols, \exception{TypeError} is raised.
   If the second argument, \var{sentinel}, is given, then \var{o} must
   be a callable object.  The iterator created in this case will call
-  \var{o} with no arguments for each call to its \method{next()}
+  \var{o} with no arguments for each call to its \method{__next__()}
   method; if the value returned is equal to \var{sentinel},
   \exception{StopIteration} will be raised, otherwise the value will
   be returned.
@@ -695,6 +693,12 @@
   \versionchanged[Added support for the optional \var{key} argument]{2.5}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{next}{iterator\optional{, default}}
+  Retrieve the next item from the \var{iterable} by calling its
+  \method{__next__()} method.  If \var{default} is given, it is returned if the
+  iterator is exhausted, otherwise \exception{StopIteration} is raised.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{funcdesc}{object}{}
   Return a new featureless object.  \class{object} is a base
   for all new style classes.  It has the methods that are common
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libitertools.tex b/Doc/lib/libitertools.tex
index ac6028b..a2f37d7 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libitertools.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libitertools.tex
@@ -164,16 +164,16 @@
             self.tgtkey = self.currkey = self.currvalue = xrange(0)
         def __iter__(self):
             return self
-        def next(self):
+        def __next__(self):
             while self.currkey == self.tgtkey:
-                self.currvalue = self.it.next() # Exit on StopIteration
+                self.currvalue = next(self.it) # Exit on StopIteration
                 self.currkey = self.keyfunc(self.currvalue)
             self.tgtkey = self.currkey
             return (self.currkey, self._grouper(self.tgtkey))
         def _grouper(self, tgtkey):
             while self.currkey == tgtkey:
                 yield self.currvalue
-                self.currvalue = self.it.next() # Exit on StopIteration
+                self.currvalue = next(self.it) # Exit on StopIteration
                 self.currkey = self.keyfunc(self.currvalue)
   \end{verbatim}
   \versionadded{2.4}
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
      def imap(function, *iterables):
          iterables = map(iter, iterables)
          while True:
-             args = [i.next() for i in iterables]
+             args = [next(i) for i in iterables]
              if function is None:
                  yield tuple(args)
              else:
@@ -253,11 +253,11 @@
      def islice(iterable, *args):
          s = slice(*args)
          it = iter(xrange(s.start or 0, s.stop or sys.maxint, s.step or 1))
-         nexti = it.next()
+         nexti = next(it)
          for i, element in enumerate(iterable):
              if i == nexti:
                  yield element
-                 nexti = it.next()          
+                 nexti = next(it)
   \end{verbatim}
 
   If \var{start} is \code{None}, then iteration starts at zero.
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
      def izip(*iterables):
          iterables = map(iter, iterables)
          while iterables:
-             result = [it.next() for it in iterables]
+             result = [next(it) for it in iterables]
              yield tuple(result)
   \end{verbatim}
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
   from each iterator in-turn, but the process ends when one of the iterators
   terminates.  This leaves the last fetched values in limbo (they cannot be
   returned in a final, incomplete tuple and they are cannot be pushed back
-  into the iterator for retrieval with \code{it.next()}).  In general,
+  into the iterator for retrieval with \code{next(it)}).  In general,
   \function{izip()} should only be used with unequal length inputs when you
   don't care about trailing, unmatched values from the longer iterables.
 \end{funcdesc}
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
      def starmap(function, iterable):
          iterable = iter(iterable)
          while True:
-             yield function(*iterable.next())
+             yield function(*next(iterable))
   \end{verbatim}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
                      item = data.pop(i)
                  yield item
          it = iter(iterable)
-         return (gen(it.next), gen(it.next))
+         return (gen(it.__next__), gen(it.__next__))
   \end{verbatim}
 
   Note, once \function{tee()} has made a split, the original \var{iterable}
@@ -556,10 +556,7 @@
 def pairwise(iterable):
     "s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."
     a, b = tee(iterable)
-    try:
-        b.next()
-    except StopIteration:
-        pass
+    next(b, None)
     return izip(a, b)
 
 def grouper(n, iterable, padvalue=None):
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index f3ce92a..d7b8858 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -388,18 +388,17 @@
 specialized forms.  The specific types are not important beyond their
 implementation of the iterator protocol.
 
-The intention of the protocol is that once an iterator's
-\method{next()} method raises \exception{StopIteration}, it will
-continue to do so on subsequent calls.  Implementations that
-do not obey this property are deemed broken.  (This constraint
-was added in Python 2.3; in Python 2.2, various iterators are
-broken according to this rule.)
+The intention of the protocol is that once an iterator's \method{__next__()}
+method raises \exception{StopIteration}, it will continue to do so on subsequent
+calls.  Implementations that do not obey this property are deemed broken.  (This
+constraint was added in Python 2.3; in Python 2.2, various iterators are broken
+according to this rule.)
 
-Python's generators provide a convenient way to implement the
-iterator protocol.  If a container object's \method{__iter__()}
-method is implemented as a generator, it will automatically
-return an iterator object (technically, a generator object)
-supplying the \method{__iter__()} and \method{next()} methods.
+Python's generators provide a convenient way to implement the iterator protocol.
+If a container object's \method{__iter__()} method is implemented as a
+generator, it will automatically return an iterator object (technically, a
+generator object) supplying the \method{__iter__()} and \method{__next__()}
+methods.
 
 
 \section{Sequence Types ---
@@ -1587,17 +1586,17 @@
   with a real file, this method should \emph{not} be implemented.}
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[file]{next}{}
+\begin{methoddesc}[file]{__next__}{}
 A file object is its own iterator, for example \code{iter(\var{f})} returns
 \var{f} (unless \var{f} is closed).  When a file is used as an
 iterator, typically in a \keyword{for} loop (for example,
-\code{for line in f: print line}), the \method{next()} method is
+\code{for line in f: print line}), the \method{__next__()} method is
 called repeatedly.  This method returns the next input line, or raises
 \exception{StopIteration} when \EOF{} is hit.  In order to make a
 \keyword{for} loop the most efficient way of looping over the lines of
-a file (a very common operation), the \method{next()} method uses a
+a file (a very common operation), the \method{__next__()} method uses a
 hidden read-ahead buffer.  As a consequence of using a read-ahead
-buffer, combining \method{next()} with other file methods (like
+buffer, combining \method{__next__()} with other file methods (like
 \method{readline()}) does not work right.  However, using
 \method{seek()} to reposition the file to an absolute position will
 flush the read-ahead buffer.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/sqlite3/executemany_1.py b/Doc/lib/sqlite3/executemany_1.py
index 24357c5..2dc72cd 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/sqlite3/executemany_1.py
+++ b/Doc/lib/sqlite3/executemany_1.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.count > ord('z'):
             raise StopIteration
         self.count += 1
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index a63ae3a..40b2ebd 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
 section~\ref{yield}, ``The \keyword{yield} statement'') is called a
 \dfn{generator function}.  Such a function, when called, always
 returns an iterator object which can be used to execute the body of
-the function:  calling the iterator's \method{next()} method will
+the function:  calling the iterator's \method{__next__()} method will
 cause the function to execute until it provides a value using the
 \keyword{yield} statement.  When the function executes a
 \keyword{return} statement or falls off the end, a
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index 6aa6de1..0b4e978 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 innermost block for each iteration.
 
 Variables used in the generator expression are evaluated lazily
-when the \method{next()} method is called for generator object
+when the \method{__next__()} method is called for generator object
 (in the same fashion as normal generators). However, the leftmost
 \keyword{for} clause is immediately evaluated so that error produced
 by it can be seen before any other possible error in the code that
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex
index 4c7487b..e92a63d 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex
@@ -418,19 +418,18 @@
 sufficient to cause that definition to create a generator function
 instead of a normal function.
 
-When a generator function is called, it returns an iterator known as a
-generator iterator, or more commonly, a generator.  The body of the
-generator function is executed by calling the generator's
-\method{next()} method repeatedly until it raises an exception.
+When a generator function is called, it returns an iterator known as a generator
+iterator, or more commonly, a generator.  The body of the generator function is
+executed by calling the generator's \method{__next__()} method repeatedly until
+it raises an exception.
 
-When a \keyword{yield} statement is executed, the state of the
-generator is frozen and the value of \grammartoken{expression_list} is
-returned to \method{next()}'s caller.  By ``frozen'' we mean that all
-local state is retained, including the current bindings of local
-variables, the instruction pointer, and the internal evaluation stack:
-enough information is saved so that the next time \method{next()} is
-invoked, the function can proceed exactly as if the \keyword{yield}
-statement were just another external call.
+When a \keyword{yield} statement is executed, the state of the generator is
+frozen and the value of \grammartoken{expression_list} is returned to
+\method{__next__()}'s caller.  By ``frozen'' we mean that all local state is
+retained, including the current bindings of local variables, the instruction
+pointer, and the internal evaluation stack: enough information is saved so that
+the next time \method{__next__()} is invoked, the function can proceed exactly
+as if the \keyword{yield} statement were just another external call.
 
 As of Python version 2.5, the \keyword{yield} statement is now
 allowed in the \keyword{try} clause of a \keyword{try} ...\ 
diff --git a/Doc/tut/glossary.tex b/Doc/tut/glossary.tex
index 738e12d..a19416b 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/glossary.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/glossary.tex
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 \keyword{yield} elements back to the caller.  The function execution is
 stopped at the {}\keyword{yield} keyword (returning the result) and is
 resumed there when the next element is requested by calling the
-\method{next()} method of the returned iterator.
+\method{__next__()} method of the returned iterator.
 
 \index{generator expression}
 \item[generator expression]
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@
 \index{iterator}
 \item[iterator]
 An object representing a stream of data.  Repeated calls to the
-iterator's \method{next()} method return successive items in the
+iterator's \method{__next__()} method return successive items in the
 stream.  When no more data is available a \exception{StopIteration}
 exception is raised instead.  At this point, the iterator object is
-exhausted and any further calls to its \method{next()} method just
+exhausted and any further calls to its \method{__next__()} method just
 raise \exception{StopIteration} again.  Iterators are required to have
 an \method{__iter__()} method that returns the iterator object
 itself so every iterator is also iterable and may be used in most
diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index a0b75c6..4abd0bd 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -4488,34 +4488,35 @@
 pervades and unifies Python.  Behind the scenes, the \keyword{for}
 statement calls \function{iter()} on the container object.  The
 function returns an iterator object that defines the method
-\method{next()} which accesses elements in the container one at a
-time.  When there are no more elements, \method{next()} raises a
+\method{__next__()} which accesses elements in the container one at a
+time.  When there are no more elements, \method{__next__()} raises a
 \exception{StopIteration} exception which tells the \keyword{for} loop
-to terminate.  This example shows how it all works:
+to terminate.  You can call the \method{__next__()} method using the
+\function{next()} builtin; this example shows how it all works:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> s = 'abc'
 >>> it = iter(s)
 >>> it
 <iterator object at 0x00A1DB50>
->>> it.next()
+>>> next(it)
 'a'
->>> it.next()
+>>> next(it)
 'b'
->>> it.next()
+>>> next(it)
 'c'
->>> it.next()
+>>> next(it)
 
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
-    it.next()
+    next(it)
 StopIteration
 \end{verbatim}
 
 Having seen the mechanics behind the iterator protocol, it is easy to add
 iterator behavior to your classes.  Define a \method{__iter__()} method
-which returns an object with a \method{next()} method.  If the class defines
-\method{next()}, then \method{__iter__()} can just return \code{self}:
+which returns an object with a \method{__next__()} method.  If the class defines
+\method{__next__()}, then \method{__iter__()} can just return \code{self}:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 class Reverse:
@@ -4525,7 +4526,7 @@
         self.index = len(data)
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.index == 0:
             raise StopIteration
         self.index = self.index - 1
@@ -4545,7 +4546,7 @@
 
 Generators are a simple and powerful tool for creating iterators.  They are
 written like regular functions but use the \keyword{yield} statement whenever
-they want to return data.  Each time \method{next()} is called, the
+they want to return data.  Each time \function{next()} is called on it, the
 generator resumes where it left-off (it remembers all the data values and
 which statement was last executed).  An example shows that generators can
 be trivially easy to create:
@@ -4566,7 +4567,7 @@
 
 Anything that can be done with generators can also be done with class based
 iterators as described in the previous section.  What makes generators so
-compact is that the \method{__iter__()} and \method{next()} methods are
+compact is that the \method{__iter__()} and \method{__next__()} methods are
 created automatically.
 
 Another key feature is that the local variables and execution state
diff --git a/Lib/StringIO.py b/Lib/StringIO.py
index 189d368..815bce6 100644
--- a/Lib/StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/StringIO.py
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         """A file object is its own iterator, for example iter(f) returns f
         (unless f is closed). When a file is used as an iterator, typically
-        in a for loop (for example, for line in f: print line), the next()
+        in a for loop (for example, for line in f: print line), the __next__()
         method is called repeatedly. This method returns the next input line,
         or raises StopIteration when EOF is hit.
         """
diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
index 91508d8..bcee543 100644
--- a/Lib/UserDict.py
+++ b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         return value
     def popitem(self):
         try:
-            k, v = self.iteritems().next()
+            k, v = next(self.iteritems())
         except StopIteration:
             raise KeyError, 'container is empty'
         del self[k]
diff --git a/Lib/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py
index 185ad42..d340725 100644
--- a/Lib/codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/codecs.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
         self.reset()
         self.stream.seek(offset, whence)
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
 
         """ Return the next decoded line from the input stream."""
         line = self.readline()
@@ -669,10 +669,10 @@
 
         return self.reader.readlines(sizehint)
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
 
         """ Return the next decoded line from the input stream."""
-        return self.reader.next()
+        return next(self.reader)
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
@@ -782,10 +782,10 @@
         data, bytesencoded = self.encode(data, self.errors)
         return data.splitlines(1)
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
 
         """ Return the next decoded line from the input stream."""
-        data = self.reader.next()
+        data = next(self.reader)
         data, bytesencoded = self.encode(data, self.errors)
         return data
 
diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index 731bf8f..6605bea 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
     def __enter__(self):
         try:
-            return self.gen.next()
+            return next(self.gen)
         except StopIteration:
             raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield")
 
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         if type is None:
             try:
-                self.gen.next()
+                next(self.gen)
             except StopIteration:
                 return
             else:
diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index 92e4666..45570f7 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
-        row = self.reader.next()
+    def __next__(self):
+        row = next(self.reader)
         if self.fieldnames is None:
             self.fieldnames = row
-            row = self.reader.next()
+            row = next(self.reader)
 
         # unlike the basic reader, we prefer not to return blanks,
         # because we will typically wind up with a dict full of None
         # values
         while row == []:
-            row = self.reader.next()
+            row = next(self.reader)
         d = dict(zip(self.fieldnames, row))
         lf = len(self.fieldnames)
         lr = len(row)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 
         rdr = reader(StringIO(sample), self.sniff(sample))
 
-        header = rdr.next() # assume first row is header
+        header = next(rdr) # assume first row is header
 
         columns = len(header)
         columnTypes = {}
diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index 2dca749..2a057d9 100644
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@
             # so we can do some very readable comparisons.
             while len(lines) < 4:
                 try:
-                    lines.append(diff_lines_iterator.next())
+                    lines.append(next(diff_lines_iterator))
                 except StopIteration:
                     lines.append('X')
             s = ''.join([line[0] for line in lines])
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@
         while True:
             # Collecting lines of text until we have a from/to pair
             while (len(fromlines)==0 or len(tolines)==0):
-                from_line, to_line, found_diff =line_iterator.next()
+                from_line, to_line, found_diff = next(line_iterator)
                 if from_line is not None:
                     fromlines.append((from_line,found_diff))
                 if to_line is not None:
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@
     line_pair_iterator = _line_pair_iterator()
     if context is None:
         while True:
-            yield line_pair_iterator.next()
+            yield next(line_pair_iterator)
     # Handle case where user wants context differencing.  We must do some
     # storage of lines until we know for sure that they are to be yielded.
     else:
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@
             index, contextLines = 0, [None]*(context)
             found_diff = False
             while(found_diff is False):
-                from_line, to_line, found_diff = line_pair_iterator.next()
+                from_line, to_line, found_diff = next(line_pair_iterator)
                 i = index % context
                 contextLines[i] = (from_line, to_line, found_diff)
                 index += 1
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@
             # Now yield the context lines after the change
             lines_to_write = context-1
             while(lines_to_write):
-                from_line, to_line, found_diff = line_pair_iterator.next()
+                from_line, to_line, found_diff = next(line_pair_iterator)
                 # If another change within the context, extend the context
                 if found_diff:
                     lines_to_write = context-1
diff --git a/Lib/email/feedparser.py b/Lib/email/feedparser.py
index afb02b3..9ed8e4d 100644
--- a/Lib/email/feedparser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/feedparser.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         line = self.readline()
         if line == '':
             raise StopIteration
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         self._factory = _factory
         self._input = BufferedSubFile()
         self._msgstack = []
-        self._parse = self._parsegen().next
+        self._parse = self._parsegen().__next__
         self._cur = None
         self._last = None
         self._headersonly = False
diff --git a/Lib/fileinput.py b/Lib/fileinput.py
index f6913eb..b8b9870 100644
--- a/Lib/fileinput.py
+++ b/Lib/fileinput.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         try:
             line = self._buffer[self._bufindex]
         except IndexError:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
         if i != self._lineno:
             raise RuntimeError, "accessing lines out of order"
         try:
-            return self.next()
+            return self.__next__()
         except StopIteration:
             raise IndexError, "end of input reached"
 
diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index 4ff4883..fd72b9e 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         line = self.readline()
         if line:
             return line
diff --git a/Lib/heapq.py b/Lib/heapq.py
index 0168065..6ee26d1 100644
--- a/Lib/heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/heapq.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
     h_append = h.append
     for itnum, it in enumerate(map(iter, iterables)):
         try:
-            next = it.next
+            next = it.__next__
             h_append([next(), itnum, next])
         except _StopIteration:
             pass
diff --git a/Lib/hotshot/log.py b/Lib/hotshot/log.py
index 059142e..880b25c 100644
--- a/Lib/hotshot/log.py
+++ b/Lib/hotshot/log.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         self._funcmap = {}
 
         self._reader = _hotshot.logreader(logfn)
-        self._nextitem = self._reader.next
+        self._nextitem = self._reader.__next__
         self._info = self._reader.info
         if 'current-directory' in self._info:
             self.cwd = self._info['current-directory']
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     # same bound method can be used as the __getitem__() method -- this
     # avoids using an additional method call which kills the performance.
 
-    def next(self, index=0):
+    def __next__(self, index=0):
         while 1:
             # This call may raise StopIteration:
             what, tdelta, fileno, lineno = self._nextitem()
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 8876aad..89d5392 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         line = self.readline()
         if not line:
             raise StopIteration
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index d4cfc07..0be0419 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
     """Extract the block of code at the top of the given list of lines."""
     blockfinder = BlockFinder()
     try:
-        tokenize.tokenize(iter(lines).next, blockfinder.tokeneater)
+        tokenize.tokenize(iter(lines).__next__, blockfinder.tokeneater)
     except (EndOfBlock, IndentationError):
         pass
     return lines[:blockfinder.last]
diff --git a/Lib/io.py b/Lib/io.py
index 6bda7e5..2b85da7 100644
--- a/Lib/io.py
+++ b/Lib/io.py
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
         """
         return self
 
-    def next(self) -> str:
+    def __next__(self) -> str:
         """Same as readline() except raises StopIteration on immediate EOF."""
         line = self.readline()
         if not line:
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
             self._pending = res[n:]
             return self._simplify(res[:n])
 
-    def next(self) -> str:
+    def __next__(self) -> str:
         self._telling = False
         line = self.readline()
         if not line:
diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index fde7132..9642d83 100755
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
             self._onetime_keys = iter(self.keys())
         while True:
             try:
-                return self[self._onetime_keys.next()]
+                return self[next(self._onetime_keys)]
             except StopIteration:
                 return None
             except KeyError:
diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 8e772e7..2b01b02 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
             tmp = []
             for i in r:
                 try:
-                    x = items.next()
+                    x = next(items)
                     tmp.append(x)
                 except StopIteration:
                     items = None
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
             tmp = []
             for i in r:
                 try:
-                    tmp.append(items.next())
+                    tmp.append(next(items))
                 except StopIteration:
                     items = None
                     break
diff --git a/Lib/pstats.py b/Lib/pstats.py
index 87038d9..59c84fe 100644
--- a/Lib/pstats.py
+++ b/Lib/pstats.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
         subheader = False
         for cc, nc, tt, ct, callers in self.stats.values():
             if callers:
-                value = iter(callers.values()).next()
+                value = next(iter(callers.values()))
                 subheader = isinstance(value, tuple)
                 break
         if subheader:
diff --git a/Lib/pyclbr.py b/Lib/pyclbr.py
index fdbfbd4..c402a09 100644
--- a/Lib/pyclbr.py
+++ b/Lib/pyclbr.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                 # close previous nested classes and defs
                 while stack and stack[-1][1] >= thisindent:
                     del stack[-1]
-                tokentype, meth_name, start, end, line = g.next()
+                tokentype, meth_name, start, end, line = next(g)
                 if tokentype != NAME:
                     continue # Syntax error
                 if stack:
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@
                 # close previous nested classes and defs
                 while stack and stack[-1][1] >= thisindent:
                     del stack[-1]
-                tokentype, class_name, start, end, line = g.next()
+                tokentype, class_name, start, end, line = next(g)
                 if tokentype != NAME:
                     continue # Syntax error
                 # parse what follows the class name
-                tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+                tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
                 inherit = None
                 if token == '(':
                     names = [] # List of superclasses
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
                     level = 1
                     super = [] # Tokens making up current superclass
                     while True:
-                        tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+                        tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
                         if token in (')', ',') and level == 1:
                             n = "".join(super)
                             if n in dict:
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
             name2 = None
         names.append((name, name2))
         while token != "," and "\n" not in token:
-            tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+            tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
         if token != ",":
             break
     return names
@@ -297,15 +297,15 @@
     # name is the dotted name, or None if there was no dotted name,
     # and token is the next input token.
     parts = []
-    tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+    tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
     if tokentype != NAME and token != '*':
         return (None, token)
     parts.append(token)
     while True:
-        tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+        tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
         if token != '.':
             break
-        tokentype, token, start, end, line = g.next()
+        tokentype, token, start, end, line = next(g)
         if tokentype != NAME:
             break
         parts.append(token)
diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py
index d86718e..697ae4f 100644
--- a/Lib/shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/shelve.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         return (key, Unpickler(f).load())
 
     def next(self):
-        (key, value) = self.dict.next()
+        (key, value) = next(self.dict)
         f = StringIO(value)
         return (key, Unpickler(f).load())
 
diff --git a/Lib/shlex.py b/Lib/shlex.py
index d81e99e..520b637 100644
--- a/Lib/shlex.py
+++ b/Lib/shlex.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         token = self.get_token()
         if token == self.eof:
             raise StopIteration
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 2222600..3fe6ec5 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         line = self.readline()
         if not line:
             raise StopIteration
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
index 287848a..5a97acf 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
             def __init__(self):
                 self.value = 5
 
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 if self.value == 10:
                     raise StopIteration
                 else:
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 146bbb7..963127c 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@
         """Return iterator object.
         """
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         """Return the next item using TarFile's next() method.
            When all members have been read, set TarFile as _loaded.
         """
diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index f4f1058..0ebf6b4 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         m = self.mutex
         c = self.characters
         choose = self.rng.choice
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
             dir = _os.path.normcase(_os.path.abspath(dir))
         # Try only a few names per directory.
         for seq in xrange(100):
-            name = namer.next()
+            name = next(namer)
             filename = _os.path.join(dir, name)
             try:
                 fd = _os.open(filename, flags, 0600)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     names = _get_candidate_names()
 
     for seq in xrange(TMP_MAX):
-        name = names.next()
+        name = next(names)
         file = _os.path.join(dir, pre + name + suf)
         try:
             fd = _os.open(file, flags, 0600)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
     names = _get_candidate_names()
 
     for seq in xrange(TMP_MAX):
-        name = names.next()
+        name = next(names)
         file = _os.path.join(dir, prefix + name + suffix)
         try:
             _os.mkdir(file, 0700)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 
     names = _get_candidate_names()
     for seq in xrange(TMP_MAX):
-        name = names.next()
+        name = next(names)
         file = _os.path.join(dir, prefix + name + suffix)
         if not _exists(file):
             return file
diff --git a/Lib/test/list_tests.py b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
index a618081..ad10523 100644
--- a/Lib/test/list_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         a = self.type2test(range(20))
         r = reversed(a)
         self.assertEqual(list(r), self.type2test(range(19, -1, -1)))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, r.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, r)
         self.assertEqual(list(reversed(self.type2test())),
                          self.type2test())
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
index 77d66b2..d595cc5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         if not d: self.fail("Full mapping must compare to True")
         # keys(), items(), iterkeys() ...
         def check_iterandlist(iter, lst, ref):
-            self.assert_(hasattr(iter, 'next'))
+            self.assert_(hasattr(iter, '__next__'))
             self.assert_(hasattr(iter, '__iter__'))
             x = list(iter)
             self.assert_(set(x)==set(lst)==set(ref))
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
         check_iterandlist(iter(d.items()), list(d.items()),
                           self.reference.items())
         #get
-        key, value = iter(d.items()).next()
-        knownkey, knownvalue = iter(self.other.items()).next()
+        key, value = next(iter(d.items()))
+        knownkey, knownvalue = next(iter(self.other.items()))
         self.assertEqual(d.get(key, knownvalue), value)
         self.assertEqual(d.get(knownkey, knownvalue), knownvalue)
         self.failIf(knownkey in d)
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
         self.assertEqual(dict(p), self.reference)
         d = self._full_mapping(self.reference)
         #setdefault
-        key, value = iter(d.items()).next()
-        knownkey, knownvalue = iter(self.other.items()).next()
+        key, value = next(iter(d.items()))
+        knownkey, knownvalue = next(iter(self.other.items()))
         self.assertEqual(d.setdefault(key, knownvalue), value)
         self.assertEqual(d[key], value)
         self.assertEqual(d.setdefault(knownkey, knownvalue), knownvalue)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
                         self.i = 1
                     def __iter__(self):
                         return self
-                    def next(self):
+                    def __next__(self):
                         if self.i:
                             self.i = 0
                             return 'a'
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
                         self.i = ord('a')
                     def __iter__(self):
                         return self
-                    def next(self):
+                    def __next__(self):
                         if self.i <= ord('z'):
                             rtn = chr(self.i)
                             self.i += 1
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
         class badseq(object):
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 raise Exc()
 
         self.assertRaises(Exc, d.update, badseq())
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
         class BadSeq(object):
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 raise Exc()
 
         self.assertRaises(Exc, self.type2test.fromkeys, BadSeq())
diff --git a/Lib/test/seq_tests.py b/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
index 0dfe7e4..d4e72e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
         return v
 
 class IterNoNext:
-    'Iterator missing next()'
+    'Iterator missing __next__()'
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         3 // 0
 
 class IterFuncStop:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         pass
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         raise StopIteration
 
 from itertools import chain, imap
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
         class T(self.type2test):
             def __getitem__(self, key):
                 return str(key) + '!!!'
-        self.assertEqual(iter(T((1,2))).next(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(next(iter(T((1,2)))), 1)
 
     def test_repeat(self):
         for m in xrange(4):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
index 9f79b02..83cd76c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@
         eq(iter(self._fp), self._fp)
         # Does this object support the iteration protocol?
         unless(hasattr(self._fp, '__iter__'))
-        unless(hasattr(self._fp, 'next'))
+        unless(hasattr(self._fp, '__next__'))
         i = 0
         for line in self._fp:
             eq(line, self._line + '\n')
             i += 1
         eq(i, 5)
         self._fp.close()
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self._fp.next)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, next, self._fp)
 
 class TestStringIO(TestGenericStringIO):
     MODULE = StringIO
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bsddb.py b/Lib/test/test_bsddb.py
index 3a62f9c..876a100 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_bsddb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bsddb.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         di = iter(self.d)
         while 1:
             try:
-                key = di.next()
+                key = next(di)
                 self.d[key] = 'modified '+key
             except StopIteration:
                 break
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         fi = iter(self.f)
         while 1:
             try:
-                key = fi.next()
+                key = next(fi)
                 self.f[key] = 'modified '+key
             except StopIteration:
                 break
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         di = iter(self.d.items())
         while 1:
             try:
-                k, v = di.next()
+                k, v = next(di)
                 self.d[k] = 'modified '+v
             except StopIteration:
                 break
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         fi = iter(self.f.items())
         while 1:
             try:
-                k, v = fi.next()
+                k, v = next(fi)
                 self.f[k] = 'modified '+v
             except StopIteration:
                 break
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@
         if hasattr(self.f, 'iteritems'):
             if debug: print("D")
             i = iter(self.f.items())
-            k,v = i.next()
+            k,v = next(i)
             if debug: print("E")
             self.f[k] = "please don't deadlock"
             if debug: print("F")
             while 1:
                 try:
-                    k,v = i.next()
+                    k,v = next(i)
                 except StopIteration:
                     break
             if debug: print("F2")
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             while i:
                 try:
                     if debug: print("H")
-                    k = i.next()
+                    k = next(i)
                     if debug: print("I")
                     self.f[k] = "deadlocks-r-us"
                     if debug: print("J")
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         i = iter(self.f.iteritems())
         nc2 = len(self.f._cursor_refs)
         # use the iterator (should run to the first yield, creating the cursor)
-        k, v = i.next()
+        k, v = next(i)
         nc3 = len(self.f._cursor_refs)
         # destroy the iterator; this should cause the weakref callback
         # to remove the cursor object from self.f._cursor_refs
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index 05e80e4..500516c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -907,9 +907,9 @@
             lists.append(unicode("12"))
         for l in lists:
             i = iter(l)
-            self.assertEqual(i.next(), '1')
-            self.assertEqual(i.next(), '2')
-            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, i.next)
+            self.assertEqual(next(i), '1')
+            self.assertEqual(next(i), '2')
+            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, i)
 
     def test_isinstance(self):
         class C:
@@ -1305,6 +1305,33 @@
         self.assertEqual(min(data, key=f),
                          sorted(data, key=f)[0])
 
+    def test_next(self):
+        it = iter(range(2))
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
+        self.assertEquals(next(it, 42), 42)
+
+        class Iter(object):
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+            def __next__(self):
+                raise StopIteration
+
+        it = iter(Iter())
+        self.assertEquals(next(it, 42), 42)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
+
+        def gen():
+            yield 1
+            return
+
+        it = gen()
+        self.assertEquals(next(it), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
+        self.assertEquals(next(it, 42), 42)
+
     def test_oct(self):
         self.assertEqual(oct(100), '0144')
         self.assertEqual(oct(100), '0144')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
index 2cdc807..980f3fc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@
     def test_read_linenum(self):
         r = csv.reader(['line,1', 'line,2', 'line,3'])
         self.assertEqual(r.line_num, 0)
-        r.next()
+        next(r)
         self.assertEqual(r.line_num, 1)
-        r.next()
+        next(r)
         self.assertEqual(r.line_num, 2)
-        r.next()
+        next(r)
         self.assertEqual(r.line_num, 3)
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, r.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, r)
         self.assertEqual(r.line_num, 3)
 
 class TestDialectRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@
         try:
             fileobj.write("abc def\nc1ccccc1 benzene\n")
             fileobj.seek(0)
-            rdr = csv.reader(fileobj, dialect=space())
-            self.assertEqual(rdr.next(), ["abc", "def"])
-            self.assertEqual(rdr.next(), ["c1ccccc1", "benzene"])
+            reader = csv.reader(fileobj, dialect=space())
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), ["abc", "def"])
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), ["c1ccccc1", "benzene"])
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
             os.unlink(name)
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
             fileobj.seek(0)
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj,
                                     fieldnames=["f1", "f2", "f3"])
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2', "f3": 'abc'})
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2', "f3": 'abc'})
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
             os.unlink(name)
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
             fileobj.write("f1,f2,f3\r\n1,2,abc\r\n")
             fileobj.seek(0)
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj)
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2', "f3": 'abc'})
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2', "f3": 'abc'})
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
             os.unlink(name)
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
             fileobj.seek(0)
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj,
                                     fieldnames=["f1", "f2"])
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
                                              None: ["abc", "4", "5", "6"]})
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
             fileobj.seek(0)
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj,
                                     fieldnames=["f1", "f2"], restkey="_rest")
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
                                              "_rest": ["abc", "4", "5", "6"]})
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
             fileobj.write("f1,f2\r\n1,2,abc,4,5,6\r\n")
             fileobj.seek(0)
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj, restkey="_rest")
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"f1": '1', "f2": '2',
                                              "_rest": ["abc", "4", "5", "6"]})
         finally:
             fileobj.close()
@@ -660,9 +660,9 @@
             reader = csv.DictReader(fileobj,
                                     fieldnames="1 2 3 4 5 6".split(),
                                     restval="DEFAULT")
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
                                              "4": '4', "5": '5', "6": '6'})
-            self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
+            self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
                                              "4": 'DEFAULT', "5": 'DEFAULT',
                                              "6": 'DEFAULT'})
         finally:
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
 
         reader = csv.DictReader(sample,
                                 fieldnames="i1 float i2 s1 s2".split())
-        self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"i1": '2147483648',
+        self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"i1": '2147483648',
                                          "float": '43.0e12',
                                          "i2": '17',
                                          "s1": 'abc',
@@ -688,16 +688,16 @@
         reader = csv.DictReader(["1,2,abc,4,5,6\r\n","\r\n",
                                  "1,2,abc,4,5,6\r\n"],
                                 fieldnames="1 2 3 4 5 6".split())
-        self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
+        self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
                                          "4": '4', "5": '5', "6": '6'})
-        self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
+        self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
                                          "4": '4', "5": '5', "6": '6'})
 
     def test_read_semi_sep(self):
         reader = csv.DictReader(["1;2;abc;4;5;6\r\n"],
                                 fieldnames="1 2 3 4 5 6".split(),
                                 delimiter=';')
-        self.assertEqual(reader.next(), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
+        self.assertEqual(next(reader), {"1": '1', "2": '2', "3": 'abc',
                                          "4": '4', "5": '5', "6": '6'})
 
 class TestArrayWrites(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_deque.py b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
index 2809904..7df31b7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_deque.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
@@ -394,13 +394,13 @@
         d = deque('abcdefg')
         it = iter(d)
         d.pop()
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, it.next)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, next, it)
 
     def test_runtime_error_on_empty_deque(self):
         d = deque()
         it = iter(d)
         d.append(10)
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, it.next)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, next, it)
 
 class Deque(deque):
     pass
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
 ...     while pending:
 ...         task = pending.popleft()
 ...         try:
-...             yield task.next()
+...             yield next(task)
 ...         except StopIteration:
 ...             continue
 ...         pending.append(task)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
index 679181f..d8dfd7e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                         self.i = 1
                     def __iter__(self):
                         return self
-                    def next(self):
+                    def __next__(self):
                         if self.i:
                             self.i = 0
                             return 'a'
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                         self.i = ord('a')
                     def __iter__(self):
                         return self
-                    def next(self):
+                    def __next__(self):
                         if self.i <= ord('z'):
                             rtn = chr(self.i)
                             self.i += 1
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         class badseq(object):
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 raise Exc()
 
         self.assertRaises(Exc, {}.update, badseq())
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
         class BadSeq(object):
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 raise Exc()
 
         self.assertRaises(Exc, dict.fromkeys, BadSeq())
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
index 83fad15..b5168dd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
     def test_comparing_empty_lists(self):
         # Check fix for bug #979794
         group_gen = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, [], []).get_grouped_opcodes()
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, group_gen.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, group_gen)
         diff_gen = difflib.unified_diff([], [])
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, diff_gen.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, diff_gen)
 
 patch914575_from1 = """
    1. Beautiful is beTTer than ugly.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py b/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
index 6290070..af7512d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_enumerate.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         3 // 0
 
 class N:
-    'Iterator missing next()'
+    'Iterator missing __next__()'
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@
     def test_getitemseqn(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(self.enum(G(self.seq))), self.res)
         e = self.enum(G(''))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, e.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, e)
 
     def test_iteratorseqn(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(self.enum(I(self.seq))), self.res)
         e = self.enum(I(''))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, e.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, e)
 
     def test_iteratorgenerator(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(self.enum(Ig(self.seq))), self.res)
         e = self.enum(Ig(''))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, e.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, e)
 
     def test_noniterable(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.enum, X(self.seq))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
index 453f464..5525832 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         self.c = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.c == 4:
             raise StopIteration
         c = self.c
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index c4bd610..f682f89 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         self.assert_(f.closed)
 
     def testMethods(self):
-        methods = ['fileno', 'flush', 'isatty', 'next', 'read', 'readinto',
+        methods = ['fileno', 'flush', 'isatty', '__next__', 'read', 'readinto',
                    'readline', 'readlines', 'seek', 'tell', 'truncate',
                    'write', '__iter__']
         if sys.platform.startswith('atheos'):
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
             # Test for appropriate errors mixing read* and iteration
             for methodname, args in methods:
                 f = open(TESTFN, 'rb')
-                if f.next() != filler:
+                if next(f) != filler:
                     self.fail, "Broken testfile"
                 meth = getattr(f, methodname)
                 try:
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
             # between 4 and 16384 (inclusive).
             f = open(TESTFN, 'rb')
             for i in range(nchunks):
-                f.next()
+                next(f)
             testline = testlines.pop(0)
             try:
                 line = f.readline()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py b/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
index b7f84c6..17ca944 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileinput.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     t2 = writeTmp(2, ["C\nD"])
     fi = FileInput(files=(t1, t2))
     verify(fi.fileno() == -1)
-    line = fi.next()
+    line = next(fi)
     verify(fi.fileno() != -1)
     fi.nextfile()
     verify(fi.fileno() == -1)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_generators.py b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
index 12276be..08d354a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_generators.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     1
     2
     >>> g = f()
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     1
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     2
 
 "Falling off the end" stops the generator:
 
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
       File "<stdin>", line 2, in g
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
     ...     yield 2 # never reached
     ...
     >>> g = f()
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     1
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
       File "<stdin>", line 3, in f
     StopIteration
-    >>> g.next() # once stopped, can't be resumed
+    >>> next(g) # once stopped, can't be resumed
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
     StopIteration
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
     ...     yield 2 # never reached
     ...
     >>> g = f()
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     1
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
     StopIteration
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
     StopIteration
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
     >>> def creator():
     ...     r = yrange(5)
-    ...     print("creator", r.next())
+    ...     print("creator", next(r))
     ...     return r
     ...
     >>> def caller():
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@
     running:
 
     >>> def g():
-    ...     i = me.next()
+    ...     i = next(me)
     ...     yield i
     >>> me = g()
-    >>> me.next()
+    >>> next(me)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
      ...
       File "<string>", line 2, in g
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@
     ...     yield f()  # the zero division exception propagates
     ...     yield 42   # and we'll never get here
     >>> k = g()
-    >>> k.next()
+    >>> next(k)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
       File "<stdin>", line 2, in g
       File "<stdin>", line 2, in f
     ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
-    >>> k.next()  # and the generator cannot be resumed
+    >>> next(k)  # and the generator cannot be resumed
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
     StopIteration
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@
 >>> type(i)
 <type 'generator'>
 >>> [s for s in dir(i) if not s.startswith('_')]
-['close', 'gi_frame', 'gi_running', 'next', 'send', 'throw']
->>> print(i.next.__doc__)
-x.next() -> the next value, or raise StopIteration
+['close', 'gi_frame', 'gi_running', 'send', 'throw']
+>>> print(i.__next__.__doc__)
+x.__next__() <==> next(x)
 >>> iter(i) is i
 True
 >>> import types
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 >>> me = g()
 >>> me.gi_running
 0
->>> me.next()
+>>> next(me)
 1
 >>> me.gi_running
 0
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
 ...             yield x
 ...
 ...     def find(self):
-...         return self.generator.next()
+...         return next(self.generator)
 ...
 ...     def union(self, parent):
 ...         if self.parent:
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
 Build up to a recursive Sieve of Eratosthenes generator.
 
 >>> def firstn(g, n):
-...     return [g.next() for i in range(n)]
+...     return [next(g) for i in range(n)]
 
 >>> def intsfrom(i):
 ...     while 1:
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8]
 
 >>> def sieve(ints):
-...     prime = ints.next()
+...     prime = next(ints)
 ...     yield prime
 ...     not_divisible_by_prime = exclude_multiples(prime, ints)
 ...     for p in sieve(not_divisible_by_prime):
@@ -536,19 +536,19 @@
 [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100]
 
 >>> def merge(g, h):
-...     ng = g.next()
-...     nh = h.next()
+...     ng = next(g)
+...     nh = next(h)
 ...     while 1:
 ...         if ng < nh:
 ...             yield ng
-...             ng = g.next()
+...             ng = next(g)
 ...         elif ng > nh:
 ...             yield nh
-...             nh = h.next()
+...             nh = next(h)
 ...         else:
 ...             yield ng
-...             ng = g.next()
-...             nh = h.next()
+...             ng = next(g)
+...             nh = next(h)
 
 The following works, but is doing a whale of a lot of redundant work --
 it's not clear how to get the internal uses of m235 to share a single
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
 >>> class LazyList:
 ...     def __init__(self, g):
 ...         self.sofar = []
-...         self.fetch = g.next
+...         self.fetch = g.__next__
 ...
 ...     def __getitem__(self, i):
 ...         sofar, fetch = self.sofar, self.fetch
@@ -626,10 +626,10 @@
 ...
 ...     def sum(g, h):
 ...         while 1:
-...             yield g.next() + h.next()
+...             yield next(g) + next(h)
 ...
 ...     def tail(g):
-...         g.next()    # throw first away
+...         next(g)    # throw first away
 ...         for x in g:
 ...             yield x
 ...
@@ -705,12 +705,12 @@
 ...
 ...     def _isum(g, h):
 ...         while 1:
-...             yield g.next() + h.next()
+...             yield next(g) + next(h)
 ...
 ...     def _fib():
 ...         yield 1
 ...         yield 2
-...         fibTail.next() # throw first away
+...         next(fibTail) # throw first away
 ...         for res in _isum(fibHead, fibTail):
 ...             yield res
 ...
@@ -890,13 +890,13 @@
 ...             yield i
 ...
 >>> g = f()
->>> print(g.next())
+>>> print(next(g))
 0
->>> print(g.next())
+>>> print(next(g))
 1
->>> print(g.next())
+>>> print(next(g))
 2
->>> print(g.next())
+>>> print(next(g))
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 StopIteration
 """
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@
         # Descend.
         try:
             while i < n:
-                it = iters[i] = gs[i]().next
+                it = iters[i] = gs[i]().__next__
                 values[i] = it()
                 i += 1
         except _StopIteration:
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@
 ...     print((yield 1))
 ...     yield 2
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 1
 >>> g.send(42)
 42
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@
 ...         seq.append(count)
 >>> seq = []
 >>> c = coroutine(seq)
->>> c.next()
+>>> next(c)
 >>> print(seq)
 []
 >>> c.send(10)
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@
 ...             print("caught ValueError (%s)" % (v))
 >>> import sys
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 
 >>> g.throw(ValueError) # type only
 caught ValueError ()
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@
 ...         print("exiting")
 
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> g.close()
 exiting
 >>> g.close()  # should be no-op now
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@
 >>> def f(): yield      # an even simpler generator
 >>> f().close()         # close before opening
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> g.close()           # close normally
 
 And finalization:
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@
 ...         print("exiting")
 
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> del g
 exiting
 
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@
 ...     except GeneratorExit:
 ...         yield "foo!"
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> g.close()
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   ...
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@
 >>> import sys, StringIO
 >>> old, sys.stderr = sys.stderr, StringIO.StringIO()
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> del g
 >>> sys.stderr.getvalue().startswith(
 ...     "Exception RuntimeError: 'generator ignored GeneratorExit' in "
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@
 ...     except GeneratorExit:
 ...         raise TypeError("fie!")
 >>> g = f()
->>> g.next()
+>>> next(g)
 >>> g.close()
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   ...
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@
 ...     class gen:
 ...         def __iter__(self):
 ...             return self
-...         def next(self):
+...         def __next__(self):
 ...             return self.item
 ...     g = gen()
 ...     head, tail = itertools.tee(g)
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
 Make sure to also test the involvement of the tee-internal teedataobject,
 which stores returned items.
 
->>> item = it.next()
+>>> item = next(it)
 
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_genexps.py b/Lib/test/test_genexps.py
index 1b24672..cafca57 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_genexps.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_genexps.py
@@ -34,24 +34,24 @@
 Test direct calls to next()
 
     >>> g = (i*i for i in range(3))
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     0
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     1
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     4
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<pyshell#21>", line 1, in -toplevel-
-        g.next()
+        next(g)
     StopIteration
 
 Does it stay stopped?
 
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<pyshell#21>", line 1, in -toplevel-
-        g.next()
+        next(g)
     StopIteration
     >>> list(g)
     []
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 
     >>> def creator():
     ...     r = yrange(5)
-    ...     print("creator", r.next())
+    ...     print("creator", next(r))
     ...     return r
     >>> def caller():
     ...     r = creator()
@@ -181,32 +181,32 @@
 
 Verify that a gen exp cannot be resumed while it is actively running:
 
-    >>> g = (me.next() for i in xrange(10))
+    >>> g = (next(me) for i in xrange(10))
     >>> me = g
-    >>> me.next()
+    >>> next(me)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<pyshell#30>", line 1, in -toplevel-
-        me.next()
+        next(me)
       File "<pyshell#28>", line 1, in <generator expression>
-        g = (me.next() for i in xrange(10))
+        g = (next(me) for i in xrange(10))
     ValueError: generator already executing
 
 Verify exception propagation
 
     >>> g = (10 // i for i in (5, 0, 2))
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     2
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<pyshell#37>", line 1, in -toplevel-
-        g.next()
+        next(g)
       File "<pyshell#35>", line 1, in <generator expression>
         g = (10 // i for i in (5, 0, 2))
     ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
-    >>> g.next()
+    >>> next(g)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "<pyshell#38>", line 1, in -toplevel-
-        g.next()
+        next(g)
     StopIteration
 
 Make sure that None is a valid return value
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@
 Check that generator attributes are present
 
     >>> g = (i*i for i in range(3))
-    >>> expected = set(['gi_frame', 'gi_running', 'next'])
+    >>> expected = set(['gi_frame', 'gi_running'])
     >>> set(attr for attr in dir(g) if not attr.startswith('__')) >= expected
     True
 
-    >>> print(g.next.__doc__)
-    x.next() -> the next value, or raise StopIteration
+    >>> print(g.__next__.__doc__)
+    x.__next__() <==> next(x)
     >>> import types
     >>> isinstance(g, types.GeneratorType)
     True
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     >>> me = g
     >>> me.gi_running
     0
-    >>> me.next()
+    >>> next(me)
     1
     >>> me.gi_running
     0
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
index 2c1b6ca..bd04735 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
@@ -785,9 +785,9 @@
     def testGenexps(self):
         # generator expression tests
         g = ([x for x in range(10)] for x in range(1))
-        self.assertEqual(g.next(), [x for x in range(10)])
+        self.assertEqual(next(g), [x for x in range(10)])
         try:
-            g.next()
+            next(g)
             self.fail('should produce StopIteration exception')
         except StopIteration:
             pass
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
         a = 1
         try:
             g = (a for d in a)
-            g.next()
+            next(g)
             self.fail('should produce TypeError')
         except TypeError:
             pass
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_heapq.py b/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
index 156c835..dbbfcb0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
         return v
 
 class N:
-    'Iterator missing next()'
+    'Iterator missing __next__()'
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         3 // 0
 
 class S:
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
         pass
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         raise StopIteration
 
 from itertools import chain, imap
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_iter.py b/Lib/test/test_iter.py
index 820911d..65e143d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_iter.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_iter.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     def __init__(self, n):
         self.n = n
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         res = self.i
         if res >= self.n:
             raise StopIteration
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         res = []
         while 1:
             try:
-                val = it.next()
+                val = next(it)
             except StopIteration:
                 break
             res.append(val)
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
                         self.i = 0
                     def __iter__(self):
                         return self
-                    def next(self):
+                    def __next__(self):
                         i = self.i
                         self.i = i + 1
                         if i < len(self.vals):
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
 
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 i = self.i
                 self.i = i+1
                 return i
@@ -514,12 +514,12 @@
             def __iter__(self):
                 return self
 
-            def next(self):
+            def __next__(self):
                 i = self.i
                 self.i = i+1
                 if i == 2:
                     return unicode("fooled you!")
-                return self.it.next()
+                return next(self.it)
 
         f = open(TESTFN, "w")
         try:
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
                     self.finish = finish
                     self.i = self.start
 
-                def next(self):
+                def __next__(self):
                     if self.i >= self.finish:
                         raise StopIteration
                     result = str(self.i) + '\n'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_iterlen.py b/Lib/test/test_iterlen.py
index 8ff1d6b..28f2567 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_iterlen.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_iterlen.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 A complication is that an iterable and iterator can be the same object. To
 maintain the invariant, an iterator needs to dynamically update its length.
 For instance, an iterable such as xrange(10) always reports its length as ten,
-but it=iter(xrange(10)) starts at ten, and then goes to nine after it.next().
+but it=iter(xrange(10)) starts at ten, and then goes to nine after next(it).
 Having this capability means that map() can ignore the distinction between
 map(func, iterable) and map(func, iter(iterable)).
 
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
         it = self.it
         for i in reversed(xrange(1, n+1)):
             self.assertEqual(len(it), i)
-            it.next()
+            next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), 0)
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, it.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), 0)
 
 class TestTemporarilyImmutable(TestInvariantWithoutMutations):
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
 
         it = self.it
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n)
-        it.next()
+        next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-1)
         self.mutate()
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, it.next)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, next, it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), 0)
 
 ## ------- Concrete Type Tests -------
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
     def test_mutation(self):
         d = range(n)
         it = iter(d)
-        it.next()
-        it.next()
+        next(it)
+        next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)
         d.append(n)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-1)  # grow with append
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@
     def test_mutation(self):
         d = range(n)
         it = reversed(d)
-        it.next()
-        it.next()
+        next(it)
+        next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)
         d.append(n)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)  # ignore append
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@
     def test_mutation(self):
         d = UserList(range(n))
         it = iter(d)
-        it.next()
-        it.next()
+        next(it)
+        next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)
         d.append(n)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-1)  # grow with append
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@
     def test_mutation(self):
         d = UserList(range(n))
         it = reversed(d)
-        it.next()
-        it.next()
+        next(it)
+        next(it)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)
         d.append(n)
         self.assertEqual(len(it), n-2)  # ignore append
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
index bbebbd9..d74b9d5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     'Class emulating an empty iterable.'
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         raise StopIteration
 
 def take(n, seq):
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, list, islice(count(sys.maxint-5), 10))
         c = count(3)
         self.assertEqual(repr(c), 'count(3)')
-        c.next()
+        next(c)
         self.assertEqual(repr(c), 'count(4)')
         c = count(-9)
         self.assertEqual(repr(c), 'count(-9)')
-        c.next()
-        self.assertEqual(c.next(), -8)
+        next(c)
+        self.assertEqual(next(c), -8)
 
     def test_cycle(self):
         self.assertEqual(take(10, cycle('abc')), list('abcabcabca'))
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         r = sorted([(len(list(g)) , k) for k, g in groupby(sorted(s))], reverse=True)[:3]
         self.assertEqual(r, [(5, 'a'), (2, 'r'), (2, 'b')])
 
-        # iter.next failure
+        # iter.__next__ failure
         class ExpectedError(Exception):
             pass
         def delayed_raise(n=0):
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
         def gulp(iterable, keyp=None, func=list):
             return [func(g) for k, g in groupby(iterable, keyp)]
 
-        # iter.next failure on outer object
+        # iter.__next__ failure on outer object
         self.assertRaises(ExpectedError, gulp, delayed_raise(0))
-        # iter.next failure on inner object
+        # iter.__next__ failure on inner object
         self.assertRaises(ExpectedError, gulp, delayed_raise(1))
 
         # __cmp__ failure
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilter, lambda x:x)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilter, lambda x:x, range(6), 7)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilter, isEven, 3)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilter(range(6), range(6)).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, ifilter(range(6), range(6)))
 
     def test_ifilterfalse(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(ifilterfalse(isEven, range(6))), [1,3,5])
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilterfalse, lambda x:x)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilterfalse, lambda x:x, range(6), 7)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilterfalse, isEven, 3)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ifilterfalse(range(6), range(6)).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, ifilterfalse(range(6), range(6)))
 
     def test_izip(self):
         # XXX This is rather silly now that builtin zip() calls izip()...
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@
         self.assertEqual(list(imap(operator.pow, [])), [])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, imap)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, imap, operator.neg)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, imap(10, range(5)).next)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, imap(errfunc, [4], [5]).next)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, imap(onearg, [4], [5]).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, imap(10, range(5)))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, next, imap(errfunc, [4], [5]))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, imap(onearg, [4], [5]))
 
     def test_starmap(self):
         self.assertEqual(list(starmap(operator.pow, zip(range(3), range(1,7)))),
@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, list, starmap(operator.pow, [[4,5]]))
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, starmap)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, starmap, operator.pow, [(4,5)], 'extra')
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, starmap(10, [(4,5)]).next)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, starmap(errfunc, [(4,5)]).next)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, starmap(onearg, [(4,5)]).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, starmap(10, [(4,5)]))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, next, starmap(errfunc, [(4,5)]))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, starmap(onearg, [(4,5)]))
 
     def test_islice(self):
         for args in [          # islice(args) should agree with range(args)
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, takewhile)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, takewhile, operator.pow)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, takewhile, operator.pow, [(4,5)], 'extra')
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, takewhile(10, [(4,5)]).next)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, takewhile(errfunc, [(4,5)]).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, takewhile(10, [(4,5)]))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, next, takewhile(errfunc, [(4,5)]))
         t = takewhile(bool, [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0])
         self.assertEqual(list(t), [1, 1, 1])
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, t.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, t)
 
     def test_dropwhile(self):
         data = [1, 3, 5, 20, 2, 4, 6, 8]
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, dropwhile)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, dropwhile, operator.pow)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, dropwhile, operator.pow, [(4,5)], 'extra')
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, dropwhile(10, [(4,5)]).next)
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, dropwhile(errfunc, [(4,5)]).next)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, next, dropwhile(10, [(4,5)]))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, next, dropwhile(errfunc, [(4,5)]))
 
     def test_tee(self):
         n = 200
@@ -380,13 +380,13 @@
 
         a, b = tee(irange(n)) # test dealloc of leading iterator
         for i in xrange(100):
-            self.assertEqual(a.next(), i)
+            self.assertEqual(next(a), i)
         del a
         self.assertEqual(list(b), range(n))
 
         a, b = tee(irange(n)) # test dealloc of trailing iterator
         for i in xrange(100):
-            self.assertEqual(a.next(), i)
+            self.assertEqual(next(a), i)
         del b
         self.assertEqual(list(a), range(100, n))
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
             lists = ([], [])
             its = tee(irange(n))
             for i in order:
-                value = its[i].next()
+                value = next(its[i])
                 lists[i].append(value)
             self.assertEqual(lists[0], range(n))
             self.assertEqual(lists[1], range(n))
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@
         # test long-lagged and multi-way split
         a, b, c = tee(xrange(2000), 3)
         for i in xrange(100):
-            self.assertEqual(a.next(), i)
+            self.assertEqual(next(a), i)
         self.assertEqual(list(b), range(2000))
-        self.assertEqual([c.next(), c.next()], range(2))
+        self.assertEqual([next(c), next(c)], range(2))
         self.assertEqual(list(a), range(100,2000))
         self.assertEqual(list(c), range(2,2000))
 
@@ -451,33 +451,33 @@
         self.assertRaises(ReferenceError, getattr, p, '__class__')
 
     def test_StopIteration(self):
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, izip().next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, izip())
 
         for f in (chain, cycle, izip, groupby):
-            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, f([]).next)
-            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, f(StopNow()).next)
+            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, f([]))
+            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, f(StopNow()))
 
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, islice([], None).next)
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, islice(StopNow(), None).next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, islice([], None))
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, islice(StopNow(), None))
 
         p, q = tee([])
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, p.next)
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, q.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, p)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, q)
         p, q = tee(StopNow())
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, p.next)
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, q.next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, p)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, q)
 
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, repeat(None, 0).next)
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, repeat(None, 0))
 
         for f in (ifilter, ifilterfalse, imap, takewhile, dropwhile, starmap):
-            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, f(lambda x:x, []).next)
-            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, f(lambda x:x, StopNow()).next)
+            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, f(lambda x:x, []))
+            self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, f(lambda x:x, StopNow()))
 
 class TestGC(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def makecycle(self, iterator, container):
         container.append(iterator)
-        iterator.next()
+        next(iterator)
         del container, iterator
 
     def test_chain(self):
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -567,14 +567,14 @@
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
         return v
 
 class N:
-    'Iterator missing next()'
+    'Iterator missing __next__()'
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         3 // 0
 
 class S:
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
         pass
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         raise StopIteration
 
 def L(seqn):
@@ -748,13 +748,13 @@
             def g(value, first=[1]):
                 if first:
                     del first[:]
-                    f(z.next())
+                    f(next(z))
                 return value
             items = list(tuple2)
             items[1:1] = list(tuple1)
             gen = imap(g, items)
             z = izip(*[gen]*len(tuple1))
-            z.next()
+            next(z)
 
         def f(t):
             global T
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
 ...     "s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."
 ...     a, b = tee(iterable)
 ...     try:
-...         b.next()
+...         next(b)
 ...     except StopIteration:
 ...         pass
 ...     return izip(a, b)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index 803edd5..8650cef 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -1518,11 +1518,11 @@
         # Iterate by line
         proxy.seek(0)
         iterator = iter(proxy)
-        self.assert_(iterator.next() == 'foo' + os.linesep)
-        self.assert_(iterator.next() == 'bar' + os.linesep)
-        self.assert_(iterator.next() == 'fred' + os.linesep)
-        self.assert_(iterator.next() == 'bob')
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, lambda: iterator.next())
+        self.assert_(next(iterator) == 'foo' + os.linesep)
+        self.assert_(next(iterator) == 'bar' + os.linesep)
+        self.assert_(next(iterator) == 'fred' + os.linesep)
+        self.assert_(next(iterator) == 'bob')
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, iterator)
 
     def _test_seek_and_tell(self, proxy):
         # Seek and use tell to check position
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index bb97433..bca2ecf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@
 
     def test_bug_581080(self):
         iter = re.finditer(r"\s", "a b")
-        self.assertEqual(iter.next().span(), (1,2))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, iter.next)
+        self.assertEqual(next(iter).span(), (1,2))
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, iter)
 
         scanner = re.compile(r"\s").scanner("a b")
         self.assertEqual(scanner.search().span(), (1, 2))
@@ -595,9 +595,9 @@
 
     def test_bug_817234(self):
         iter = re.finditer(r".*", "asdf")
-        self.assertEqual(iter.next().span(), (0, 4))
-        self.assertEqual(iter.next().span(), (4, 4))
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, iter.next)
+        self.assertEqual(next(iter).span(), (0, 4))
+        self.assertEqual(next(iter).span(), (4, 4))
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, iter)
 
 
 def run_re_tests():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_set.py b/Lib/test/test_set.py
index 8a43109..997e17f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_set.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_set.py
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
@@ -1402,14 +1402,14 @@
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         if self.i >= len(self.seqn): raise StopIteration
         v = self.seqn[self.i]
         self.i += 1
         return v
 
 class N:
-    'Iterator missing next()'
+    'Iterator missing __next__()'
     def __init__(self, seqn):
         self.seqn = seqn
         self.i = 0
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
         self.i = 0
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         3 // 0
 
 class S:
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@
         pass
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         raise StopIteration
 
 from itertools import chain, imap
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_str.py b/Lib/test/test_str.py
index 226a168..0067bdb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_str.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_str.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
     def test_iterators(self):
         # Make sure str objects have an __iter__ method
         it = "abc".__iter__()
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), "a")
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), "b")
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), "c")
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, it.next)
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), "a")
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), "b")
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), "c")
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
 
     def test_conversion(self):
         # Make sure __str__() behaves properly
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index 2047a63..a398d37 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
     def test_get_six_char_str(self):
         # _RandomNameSequence returns a six-character string
-        s = self.r.next()
+        s = next(self.r)
         self.nameCheck(s, '', '', '')
 
     def test_many(self):
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         dict = {}
         r = self.r
         for i in xrange(TEST_FILES):
-            s = r.next()
+            s = next(r)
             self.nameCheck(s, '', '', '')
             self.failIf(s in dict)
             dict[s] = 1
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
index d6c3777..0880f0f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
     t1 = [tok[:2] for tok in fulltok]
     newtext = untokenize(t1)
-    readline = iter(newtext.splitlines(1)).next
+    readline = iter(newtext.splitlines(1)).__next__
     t2 = [tok[:2] for tok in generate_tokens(readline)]
     if t1 != t2:
         raise TestFailed("untokenize() roundtrip failed for %r" % f)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     This function exists solely to test the tokenization of the RARROW
     operator.
 
-    >>> tokenize(iter(['->']).next)   #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+    >>> tokenize(iter(['->']).__next__)   #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     1,0-1,2:\tOP\t'->'
     2,0-2,0:\tENDMARKER\t''
     """
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index b789fb0..cb7586c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
     def test_iterators(self):
         # Make sure unicode objects have an __iter__ method
         it = u"\u1111\u2222\u3333".__iter__()
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), u"\u1111")
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), u"\u2222")
-        self.assertEqual(it.next(), u"\u3333")
-        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, it.next)
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), u"\u1111")
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), u"\u2222")
+        self.assertEqual(next(it), u"\u3333")
+        self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
 
     def test_count(self):
         string_tests.CommonTest.test_count(self)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
index 8c7ef2e..e9fbd2d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         class T(self.type2test):
             def __getitem__(self, key):
                 return str(key) + '!!!'
-        self.assertEqual(iter(T((1,2))).next(), "0!!!")
+        self.assertEqual(next(iter(T((1,2)))), "0!!!")
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(UserListTest)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py b/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
index f33c30d..d77e861 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@
         it = make_it()
         if not iter(it) is it: raise AssertionError
         for item in match:
-            if not it.next()==item: raise AssertionError
+            if not next(it) == item: raise AssertionError
         try:
-            it.next()
+            next(it)
         except StopIteration:
             pass
         else:
-            raise AssertionError("Too many items from .next()",it)
+            raise AssertionError("Too many items from .__next__()", it)
 
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/tokenize.py b/Lib/tokenize.py
index 8dc4c53..1a72d6f 100644
--- a/Lib/tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/tokenize.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
         # Output text will tokenize the back to the input
         t1 = [tok[:2] for tok in generate_tokens(f.readline)]
         newcode = untokenize(t1)
-        readline = iter(newcode.splitlines(1)).next
+        readline = iter(newcode.splitlines(1)).__next__
         t2 = [tok[:2] for tokin generate_tokens(readline)]
         assert t1 == t2
     """
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     readline() method of built-in file objects. Each call to the function
     should return one line of input as a string.  Alternately, readline
     can be a callable function terminating with StopIteration:
-        readline = open(myfile).next    # Example of alternate readline
+        readline = open(myfile).__next__    # Example of alternate readline
 
     The generator produces 5-tuples with these members: the token type; the
     token string; a 2-tuple (srow, scol) of ints specifying the row and
diff --git a/Lib/types.py b/Lib/types.py
index 9811646..22d00f7 100644
--- a/Lib/types.py
+++ b/Lib/types.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Iterators in Python aren't a matter of type but of protocol.  A large
 # and changing number of builtin types implement *some* flavor of
 # iterator.  Don't check the type!  Use hasattr to check for both
-# "__iter__" and "next" attributes instead.
+# "__iter__" and "__next__" attributes instead.
 
 NoneType = type(None)
 TypeType = type
diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index 60d2a41..4e24a8f 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@
             self.fileno = lambda: None
         if hasattr(self.fp, "__iter__"):
             self.__iter__ = self.fp.__iter__
-            if hasattr(self.fp, "next"):
-                self.next = self.fp.next
+            if hasattr(self.fp, "__next__"):
+                self.__next__ = self.fp.__next__
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s at %r whose fp = %r>' % (self.__class__.__name__,
diff --git a/Lib/wsgiref/util.py b/Lib/wsgiref/util.py
index 450a32f..5b44eda 100644
--- a/Lib/wsgiref/util.py
+++ b/Lib/wsgiref/util.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         data = self.filelike.read(self.blksize)
         if data:
             return data
diff --git a/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py b/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
index 43784f9..09b0d95 100644
--- a/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
+++ b/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   - That it is not a string (it should be a list of a single string; a
     string will work, but perform horribly).
 
-  - That .next() returns a string
+  - That .__next__() returns a string
 
   - That the iterator is not iterated over until start_response has
     been called (that can signal either a server or application
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         assert_(not self.closed,
             "Iterator read after closed")
-        v = self.iterator.next()
+        v = next(self.iterator)
         if self.check_start_response is not None:
             assert_(self.check_start_response,
                 "The application returns and we started iterating over its body, but start_response has not yet been called")
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py
index f0245c4..fe9a3a2 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
             return rc
         raise IndexError
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         rc = self.getEvent()
         if rc:
             return rc
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index 19bb747..694d6c4 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
                     append((event, None))
                 parser.EndNamespaceDeclHandler = handler
 
-    def next(self):
+    def __next__(self):
         while 1:
             try:
                 item = self._events[self._index]
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@
             return self
     except NameError:
         def __getitem__(self, index):
-            return self.next()
+            return self.__next__()
 
 ##
 # Parses an XML document from a string constant.  This function can
diff --git a/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py b/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
index 55dd277..c43d226 100644
--- a/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
+++ b/Misc/Vim/vim_syntax.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             overflow = None
         while total_len < fill_len:
             try:
-                new_item = it.next()
+                new_item = next(it)
                 buffer_.append(new_item)
                 total_len += len(new_item) + 1
             except StopIteration:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
                                             FILL - len(prefix) - len(indent))
                         try:
                             while True:
-                                print>>FILE, indent + prefix + stmt_iter.next()
+                                print>>FILE, indent + prefix + next(stmt_iter)
                         except StopIteration:
                             print>>FILE, ''
                     else:
diff --git a/Misc/cheatsheet b/Misc/cheatsheet
index 0b4b941..0e34b15 100644
--- a/Misc/cheatsheet
+++ b/Misc/cheatsheet
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
     return [result] -- Exits from function (or method) and returns result (use a tuple to
                        return more than one value). If no result given, then returns None.
     yield result    -- Freezes the execution frame of a generator and returns the result
-                       to the iterator's .next() method.  Upon the next call to next(),
+                       to the iterator's .__next__() method.  Upon the next call to __next__(),
                        resumes execution at the frozen point with all of the local variables
                        still intact.
 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
     SystemExit
          On 'sys.exit()'
     StopIteration
-         Signal the end from iterator.next()
+         Signal the end from iterator.__next__()
     StandardError
                  Base class for all built-in exceptions; derived from Exception
     root class.
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 8fe484a..1b8f51c 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(chain_doc,
 "chain(*iterables) --> chain object\n\
 \n\
-Return a chain object whose .next() method returns elements from the\n\
+Return a chain object whose .__next__() method returns elements from the\n\
 first iterable until it is exhausted, then elements from the next\n\
 iterable, until all of the iterables are exhausted.");
 
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(count_doc,
 "count([firstval]) --> count object\n\
 \n\
-Return a count object whose .next() method returns consecutive\n\
+Return a count object whose .__next__() method returns consecutive\n\
 integers starting from zero or, if specified, from firstval.");
 
 static PyTypeObject count_type = {
@@ -2272,8 +2272,8 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(izip_doc,
 "izip(iter1 [,iter2 [...]]) --> izip object\n\
 \n\
-Return a izip object whose .next() method returns a tuple where\n\
-the i-th element comes from the i-th iterable argument.  The .next()\n\
+Return a izip object whose .__next__() method returns a tuple where\n\
+the i-th element comes from the i-th iterable argument.  The .__next__()\n\
 method continues until the shortest iterable in the argument sequence\n\
 is exhausted and then it raises StopIteration.  Works like the zip()\n\
 function but consumes less memory by returning an iterator instead of\n\
@@ -2648,8 +2648,8 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(izip_longest_doc,
 "izip_longest(iter1 [,iter2 [...]], [fillvalue=None]) --> izip_longest object\n\
 \n\
-Return an izip_longest object whose .next() method returns a tuple where\n\
-the i-th element comes from the i-th iterable argument.  The .next()\n\
+Return an izip_longest object whose .__next__() method returns a tuple where\n\
+the i-th element comes from the i-th iterable argument.  The .__next__()\n\
 method continues until the longest iterable in the argument sequence\n\
 is exhausted and then it raises StopIteration.  When the shorter iterables\n\
 are exhausted, the fillvalue is substituted in their place.  The fillvalue\n\
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index be3302b..6832fd9 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
  *    StopIteration extends Exception
  */
 SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, StopIteration,
-                       "Signal the end from iterator.next().");
+                       "Signal the end from iterator.__next__().");
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 1ccd97b..c6091df 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -4636,7 +4636,7 @@
 slot_tp_iternext(PyObject *self)
 {
 	static PyObject *next_str;
-	return call_method(self, "next", &next_str, "()");
+	return call_method(self, "__next__", &next_str, "()");
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -5031,8 +5031,8 @@
 	       "x.__ge__(y) <==> x>=y"),
 	TPSLOT("__iter__", tp_iter, slot_tp_iter, wrap_unaryfunc,
 	       "x.__iter__() <==> iter(x)"),
-	TPSLOT("next", tp_iternext, slot_tp_iternext, wrap_next,
-	       "x.next() -> the next value, or raise StopIteration"),
+	TPSLOT("__next__", tp_iternext, slot_tp_iternext, wrap_next,
+	       "x.__next__() <==> next(x)"),
 	TPSLOT("__get__", tp_descr_get, slot_tp_descr_get, wrap_descr_get,
 	       "descr.__get__(obj[, type]) -> value"),
 	TPSLOT("__set__", tp_descr_set, slot_tp_descr_set, wrap_descr_set,
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 20746fa..8ce0e48 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,46 @@
 
 
 static PyObject *
+builtin_next(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	PyObject *it, *res;
+	PyObject *def = NULL;
+
+	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "next", 1, 2, &it, &def))
+		return NULL;
+	if (!PyIter_Check(it)) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			"%.200s object is not an iterator", it->ob_type->tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	
+	res = (*it->ob_type->tp_iternext)(it);
+	if (res == NULL) {
+		if (def) {
+			if (PyErr_Occurred() &&
+			    !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration))
+				return NULL;
+			PyErr_Clear();
+			Py_INCREF(def);
+			return def;
+		} else if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+			return NULL;
+		} else {
+			PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(next_doc,
+"next(iterator[, default])\n\
+\n\
+Return the next item from the iterator. If default is given and the iterator\n\
+is exhausted, it is returned instead of raising StopIteration.");
+
+
+static PyObject *
 builtin_setattr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	PyObject *v;
@@ -2252,6 +2292,7 @@
  	{"map",		builtin_map,        METH_VARARGS, map_doc},
  	{"max",		(PyCFunction)builtin_max,        METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, max_doc},
  	{"min",		(PyCFunction)builtin_min,        METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, min_doc},
+	{"next",	(PyCFunction)builtin_next,       METH_VARARGS, next_doc},
  	{"oct",		builtin_oct,        METH_O, oct_doc},
  	{"open",	(PyCFunction)builtin_open,       METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, open_doc},
  	{"ord",		builtin_ord,        METH_O, ord_doc},
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/cleanfuture.py b/Tools/scripts/cleanfuture.py
index 0e90cd3..6ee93e6 100644
--- a/Tools/scripts/cleanfuture.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/cleanfuture.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         OP = tokenize.OP
 
         changed = self.changed
-        get = tokenize.generate_tokens(self.getline).next
+        get = tokenize.generate_tokens(self.getline).__next__
         type, token, (srow, scol), (erow, ecol), line = get()
 
         # Chew up initial comments and blank lines (if any).