[Python-ideas] keyword for introducing generators

[Jonas Wielicki]

On 16.08.2014 23:46, Neil Girdhar wrote:
> I'm sure this has been suggested before, but I just spent two days trying 
> to figure out why a method wasn't being called only to find that I'd 
> accidentally pasted a yield into the function.  What is the argument 
> against a different keyword for introducing generator functions/methods?
> 
> If it's backward compatibility, then my suggestion to have a from 
> __future__ and then make it real in Python 4.

For what it’s worth, I know this problem very well, and it can take
hours to figure out whats wrong.

regards,
jwi

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