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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:55:55 +1100
Subject: Re: generator/coroutine terminology
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I look at type, g's type is 'generator' whereas foo is just plain-ol 'function.'
>
> Whereas in informal usage we say foo is a generator.
>
> So the question:
> What should we call foo and what should we call g?

g is a generator object; foo is a generator function - a function
which returns generator objects. Usually, calling both of them
"generators" isn't confusing, as there's not often any context in
which they're ambiguous.

ChrisA