Paul Rubin wrote: > The boilerplate > > def some_gen(): > ... > for x in some_other_gen(): > yield x > ... > > is so common (including the case where some_other_gen is the same as > some_gen, i.e. it's a recursive call) that I find myself wanting > a more direct way to express it: > > def some_gen(): > ... > yield *some_other_gen() > > comes to mind. Less clutter, and avoids yet another temp variable > polluting the namespace. > > Thoughts?
This has been brought up before and there was mixed support: http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2006-01-16_2006-01-31/#yielding-from-a-sub-generator My guess is that the only way it has any chance is if someone takes the time to implement it and posts a full-fledged PEP to python-dev. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
