traverseda
/
cpython
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Releases Wiki Activity

#4992: next() method -> next() function.

This commit is contained in:
Georg Brandl 2009-02-05 11:01:54 +00:00
parent 115fb350fa
commit 6520d82fdf
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
View File

@ -441,14 +441,14 @@ statement in a function definition is sufficient to cause that definition to
create a generator function instead of a normal function.
When a generator function is called, it returns an iterator known as a generator
iterator, or more commonly, a generator. The body of the generator function is
executed by calling the generator's :meth:`next` method repeatedly until it
raises an exception.
executed by calling the :func:`next` function on the generator repeatedly until
it raises an exception.
When a :keyword:`yield` statement is executed, the state of the generator is
frozen and the value of :token:`expression_list` is returned to :meth:`next`'s
caller. By "frozen" we mean that all local state is retained, including the
current bindings of local variables, the instruction pointer, and the internal
evaluation stack: enough information is saved so that the next time :meth:`next`
evaluation stack: enough information is saved so that the next time :func:`next`
is invoked, the function can proceed exactly as if the :keyword:`yield`
statement were just another external call.