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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:58:15 +1000
Subject: Re: Possible File iteration bug
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> wrote:
> Really what would be useful is some sort of PauseIteration Exception which
> doesn't close the generator when raised, but indicates to the looping header
> that there is no more data for now.
>

All you need is a sentinel yielded value (eg None).

ChrisA