How to make an empty generator?

[Steve Holden]

Stephen Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com
> <mailto:robert.kern at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     class once(object):
>        def __init__(self, func, *args, **kwds):
>            self.func = func
>            self.args = args
>            self.kwds = kwds
> 
>        def __iter__(self):
>            return self
> 
>        def next(self):
>            self.func(*self.args, **self.kwds)
>            raise StopIteration()
> 
> 
> Hmm, yeah. I'd probably tweak it into a decorator and name it
> sideeffect_only or something, but yeah, that's the right approach at least.
> 
> My motivation is clarity, I can just see a colleague a year from now
> asking me, "... what the hell is return / yield?" and although this is
> more expensive, its less clear to me.
> 
> Thanks.
> --S
> 
So add a comment to the yield statement so it reads

    yield # force empty generator

I realise that Jacob Kaplan-Moss calls comments in the code "lies", but
the reader really only needs a small clue.

regards
 Steve
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