How to make an empty generator?

[Ben Finney]

Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel at googlemail.com> writes:

> Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:
> > Whether the OP needs to create a generator, or just any iterable
> > type, isn't clear.
>
> If it walks and quacks like a duck... Anyway it's not just an iterable
> object, it's an iterator.  I can't really imagine that there would be
> some code which would be happy with generators but not with iterators
> (as long as you can't send anything to them, which is always the case
> with an empty generator).

I can't imagine that someone would want to create a generator that's
always empty, but has some side-effect that is the *real* purpose for
using the generator.

Clearly, none of us should let our limited imaginations be the guide to
what people actually want to do.

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Ben Finney