A question about generators

[Richard J. Kuhns]

Greg Ewing <greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

> Richard J Kuhns wrote:
> > 
> > That's EXACTLY what I did :).  The main reason I had problems to start with
> > is that almost everything I've done with python feels more-or-less
> > "elegant", and this doesn't.
> 
> Well, generators weren't designed for the sort of problems
> that require restartability.
> 
> Is there some reason you absolutely can't just create
> a new instance of the generator each time you need
> to restart? That would be the most elegant way,
> if you can manage it.
> 

No, there's no reason I couldn't create a new instance each time.  I'd
started out trying to find a simple way to implement something that's only
rarely going to be used in this particular app, and it turned out to be
hairier than I'd expected.  After I get this app running I'll probably
revisit it, but since it *is* working right now...  You know, `good enough'
is the enemy of `the best'.

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