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Ah, I think I was equating `yield` too closely with `return` in my head.
 Whereas `return` results in the destruction of the function's locals,
`yield` I should have known keeps them around, a la C's `static` functions.
 Many thanks!

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ah, I think I was equating `yield` too closely with `retur=
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s `static` functions. =A0Many thanks!</div>


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