Style question on recursive generators

[Jeff Epler]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:12:59AM +0200, Alex Martelli wrote:
> Anyway, the bytecode that idiom makes is something like:
> 
>               3 LOAD_FAST                0 (other)
>               6 GET_ITER            
>         >>    7 FOR_ITER                10 (to 20)
>              10 STORE_FAST               1 (x)
>              13 LOAD_FAST                1 (x)
>              16 YIELD_VALUE         
>              17 JUMP_ABSOLUTE            7

I think that the other thing the compiler must recognize, beyond this
sequence, is that "x" is dead below the loop (no longer used, or stored
to before the next use).

On the other hand, I guess the new YIELD_VALUES opcode could leave the
last value on the top of the stack, replacing this sequence with
    LOAD_FAST    0 (other)
    GET_ITER
    YIELD_VALUES
    STORE_FAST   1 (x)
I was imagining that YIELD_VALUES would not put anything on the stack,
if it was used to implement a new 'yield from'/'yield *' statement.

Jeff
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