[Python-Dev] Coroutines, generators, function calling

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 12:01 PM 10/18/2005 +0100, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
>def show_message(msg):
>     win = create_window(msg)
>     animate(win, xrange(10)) # slide down
>     yield Timeout(3)
>     animate(win, xrange(10, 0, -1)) # slide up
>     win.destroy()
>
>   This obviously doesn't work, because calling animate() produces
>another generator, instead of calling the function.  In coroutines
>context, it's like it produces another coroutine, while all I wanted was
>to call a function.

Just 'yield animate(win, xrange(10))' and have the trampoline recognize 
generators.  See the PEP 342 trampoline example, which does this.  When the 
animate() is exhausted, it'll resume the "calling" function.


>   I don't suppose there could be a way to make the yield inside the
>subfunction have the same effect as if it was inside the function that
>called it?  Perhaps some special notation, either at function calling or
>at function definition?

Yes, it's 'yield' at the function calling.  :)