Let’s get one thing out of the way first. The explanation that yield from g is equivalent to for v in g: yield v does not even begin to do justice to what yield from is all about. Because, let’s face it, if all yield from does is expand the for loop, then it does not warrant adding yield from to the language and preclude a whole bunch … Read more
Update Jan 2021: You can even do it in the Node REPL interactive using –experimental-repl-await flag A new answer to an old question. Today ( Jan 2017 June 2019) it is much easier. You can use the new async/await syntax. For example: For using async/await out of the box without installing and plugins, you have to use node-v7 or node-v8, using the –harmony flag. Update June … Read more
The yield contextual keyword actually does quite a lot here. The function returns an object that implements the IEnumerable<object> interface. If a calling function starts foreaching over this object, the function is called again until it “yields”. This is syntactic sugar introduced in C# 2.0. In earlier versions you had to create your own IEnumerable … Read more
To understand what yield does, you must understand what generators are. And before you can understand generators, you must understand iterables. Iterables When you create a list, you can read its items one by one. Reading its items one by one is called iteration: mylist is an iterable. When you use a list comprehension, you … Read more
To understand what yield does, you must understand what generators are. And before you can understand generators, you must understand iterables. Iterables When you create a list, you can read its items one by one. Reading its items one by one is called iteration: mylist is an iterable. When you use a list comprehension, you create a list, and so an iterable: … Read more