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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:25:43 -0600
Subject: Re: break in a module
From: Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> wrote=
:
>> Yes, which could be rephrased as the fact that `break` and `continue` ar=
e
>> restricted to looping control structures, so reusing `break` in this con=
text
>> would be a bad idea.
>
> Which is why I believe 'return' would be a better choice, even though
> returning a value other than None would make no sense. It would simply
> be a restriction, and one that almost nobody would notice - like this:
>

I'd say let's not bikeshed on the name when the merits of "breaking"
out of a module's execution haven't been established, but what's the
point.  <wink>

-eric

>>>> def f():
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0yield 1
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0yield 2
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0yield 3
>
>
>>>> a=3Df()
>>>> a
> <generator object f at 0x00FB4AA8>
>>>> a.send(1)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> =A0File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, in <module>
> =A0 =A0a.send(1)
> TypeError: can't send non-None value to a just-started generator
>
> ChrisA
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