"Michele Simionato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yep, this is the crux. types.GeneratorType refers to generator objects, > which in an improper sense are "instances" of a "generator function". > I.e. > > def g(): yield 1 # this is a generator > > go = g() # this is a generator object That terminology does not work. For every other type, an x is an x object and vice versa. I think most of us call functions which return generators a generator function when the distinction needs to be made. A generator is a type in the conceptual class 'iterator'. Terry Jan Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com