Are generators in nested functions possible?

[Bjorn Pettersen]

> From: David Eppstein [mailto:eppstein at ics.uci.edu] 
> 
> In article <mailman.1024614876.11270.python-list at python.org>,
>  "Bjorn Pettersen" <BPettersen at NAREX.com> wrote:
> 
> > def generateIndexes(length=5, span=1):
> >     spanvalues = range(-span, span+1)
> >     
> >     def genInd(res, length):
> >         if length == 1:
> >             for val in spanvalues:
> >                 yield res + [val]
> >         else:
> >             for i in range(length):
> >                 for val in spanvalues:
> >                     genInd(res + [val], length-1)
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is a no-op.  Did you mean
>                       for x in genInd(res+[val],length-1): return x ?

Thanks! I knew it had to be something simple (got your other post about
using yield instead of return).

-- bjorn