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From: Alan Evangelista <alanoe@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: PEP proposal: sequence expansion support for yield statement: yield *
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:54:48 -0300
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> Currently the common pattern for yielding the elements in a sequence is as follows:
>
>    for x in sequence: yield x
>
> I propose the following replacement (the result would be identical):
>
>    yield *sequence

imho the current syntax is much more intuitive, it is obvious to infer what it does
by looking at it. I favor a more intuitive syntax over a more concise one.


Regards,
Alan Evangelista