2012/7/26 Yahav Gindi Bar <[email protected]>:
> "yielder" sounds quite weird don't you think (but my native language is not
> English too.. so don't blame me at english stupid conclusions!)
>
>> Fact: generator is not a good keyword, because too common.
> I can't see the connection... people relate the generator keyword to the
> iterators so what's the problem using it?
PHP will just complain in existing scripts if you use "generator" as
function-name and stops compiling. I think this is stupid, but that's
a completly different discussion.
> what about using the "iterator" name as generators keyword? because it does
> return iterators...
well, wouldn't think, that it can be that easy.
> iterator foo() { ... yield $bar; ... } sounds OK for me... and got a meaning
> too.
> though it can confuse some people with the original iterators...
But it's just what it does.
> BTW: I still don't think that the generators need a unique word and I suggest
> using functions, but I didn't read al the mails chain, so I assume that I'll
> find there the answer.
Of course you will!
<making gestures>These are not the droids your looking for. Ups. wrong line. :)
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