generator/coroutine terminology

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
>> Is it necessary/useful for a Python application programmer to be
>> conscious of the different types of iterator? What mistaken usage
>> could arise if the application just treated all iterators as, well,
>> iterators?
>
> If you treat them all as iterators, then you're safe, because that's
> the lowest common denominator. But there are a number of other
> iterators that have more features, including files, generators, etc.

What features do generator iterators provide on top of generic
iterators?


Marko