Interesting little "gotcha" with generators

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.2464.1135288475.18701.python-list at python.org>,
Kenneth McDonald  <kenneth.m.mcdonald at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>I recently had need to write the following code:
>
>     def compileOuter(self):
>         if False: yield None
>         else: return

What's wrong with

    def foo():
        if False: yield None
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