Yield after the return in Python function.

[Frank Millman]

On 2021-04-05 2:25 PM, Bischoop wrote:
> The return suspends the function execution so how is it that in below
> example I got output: <generator object doit at 0x7f57fd2912e0>
> 
> def doit():
>      return 0
>      yield 0
>      
> print(doit())
> 

The 'yield' in the function makes the function a 'generator' function.

'Calling' a generator function does not execute the function, it returns 
a generator object.

You have to iterate over the generator object (e.g. by calling next() on 
it) in order to execute the function and return values.

Frank Millman