PEP 255: Simple Generators

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "DB" == David Bolen <db3l at fitlinxx.com> writes:

    DB> But isn't a generator really just a function that is returning
    DB> an iterator?  That is, why is it "very" different from a
    DB> function, internal implementation aside, which we agree it's
    DB> not necessary to reveal.

They are very different because the body of a generator function
defines the generator object's .next() method, but the def names the
generator object's factory function.

-Barry