For review: PEP 343: Anonymous Block Redux and GeneratorEnhancements

[Mike Meyer]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> "Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)" <tdelaney at avaya.com> writes:
>> Be sure to read the referenced PEPs (and the ones referenced from them)
>> - they contain a lot of history. Also read PEP 346 for a competing PEP
>> to PEPs 340 and 343 that gradually converged to PEP 343 - most
>> importantly, it contains the rejected options (that seem to have been
>> lost from PEPs 340 and 343).
>
> There was an interesting proposal (later rejected) from Raymond
> Hettinger a while back, that allowed passing arguments into a
> suspended generator, where they could be seen by the yield statement.
> I don't remember specifics and it doesn't seem to be in any of those PEP's.
>
> Anyone remember more?  I wonder whether 343 could somehow resurrect
> the good parts of that.

It sounds like you're remembering PEP 342. 343 references that, but
doesn't include much of it.

        <mike
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