[issue5577] yield in iterators

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

I think this should just be closed.

The original implied claim that 3.0 is not correct is not correct.  The
change of behavior is a clear side effect of and intended and documented
change in the semantics of comprehensions.

As near as I can tell, the results of the experiments are all correct
according to the doc for yield.

Python-list or the python-ideas list is more appropriate than the
tracker to discuss a semantic change.  In any case, comprehensions are
function expressions, like lambda expressions, and expressions therein
should act much the same as the expression in a lambda expression.

Even if unclear, slightly insane, and not very useful, I do not think
yield should be prohibited in generators expression because
1) it would introduce a back-incompatibility in 3.1;
2) it would slightly break the parallelism with other comprehensions;
3) it would slightly break the parallelism with the expanded for-form;
4) such use is unlikely in real practice; and
5) it would raise the question of where else to prohibit yield.

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nosy: +tjreedy

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