PEP 255: Simple Generators

[Zen]

"Russell E. Owen" <owen at astrono.junkwashington.emu> writes:

>Several proposals come to mind. They are all compatible with each other:

>1) Have users explicitly say "raise StopIter" when they mean it. This is 
>2) Add a keyword, such as "stop". It could always raise StopIter, or 
>3) Have "return" mean exactly what it means now, but also have a 

4) Have 'yield' with no arguments raise a StopIter.

Having 'yield' and 'return' in the same function could then become
a syntax error. 

Alternativly, it could be used to save a few lines
for things-that-generate-infinitly.

def mygen():
    for i in range(1,10):
	yield i
    return 10

may be identical to

def mygen():
    while 1:
       for i in range(1,11):
           yield i

This would also makes the following a valid generator:

def void():
    return None