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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:24:15 +1100
Subject: Re: generator/coroutine terminology
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com>:
>
>> A generator is a special type of iterator that results from generator
>> functions and generator expressions.
>
> Is it necessary/useful for a Python application programmer to be
> conscious of the different types of iterator? What mistaken usage could
> arise if the application just treated all iterators as, well, iterators?

If you treat them all as iterators, then you're safe, because that's
the lowest common denominator. But there are a number of other
iterators that have more features, including files, generators, etc.

ChrisA