generator function

Re: generator function

>>>>> "tom" == tom chansky <tom_chansky@ro cketmail.com> writes:

tom> I read the following link about generator:
tom> http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0255.html
tom> but I am still not so clear on the use/purpose of a generator function
tom> other than the fact that a generator can retain the state of the local
tom> variables within the fuction body.

That's generally a more than sufficient reason. Have a look at the
SpamBayes tokenizer module and the several tokenize* methods and functions
it contains for some fairly elaborate examples:



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Re: generator function


"chansky" <tom_chansky@ro cketmail.com> wrote in message
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> I read the following link about generator:
> http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0255.html
> but I am still not so clear on the use/purpose of a generator[/color]
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> other than the fact that a generator can retain the state of the[/color]
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> variables within the fuction body. Can someone out there shed some
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Besides the other answers, Lib/test/test_generators .py, at 40K,
contains a tutorial and lots of examples, include some that many would
not readily think of.

TJR