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Re: generator/coroutine terminology

From: Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:55:55 +1100
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Rustom Mody <rust...@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
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