On Thursday, 4 July 2013 at 18:06:51 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On Thursday, July 04, 2013 19:28:29 w0rp wrote:
I see yield as a tool only for when you only want to create
input
ranges easily. There is a definite value in the other range
types, but yield is useful for when you just want to produce an
input range quickly.
And given how useless pure input ranges are, I really don't see
much value in
that. About all they give you is the ability to iterate over a
set of values
once. The other range types are _far_ more powerful, and pure
input ranges
should be avoided as much as possible IMHO.
- Jonathan M Davis
To be fair, most of the time all you want to do is iterate over
the range, so while they aren't powerful, they are sufficient
most of the time.
