Newer versions of Python also have generator expressions which look similar to l...

hedgehog on April 17, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Functional programming with python

Newer versions of Python also have generator expressions which look similar to list comprehensions but with parenthesis instead of brackets. They mostly can be used for similar purposes but they are lazy, that is they only generate results as they are requested.

graywh on April 17, 2009 [–]

The keyword 'yield' comes in handy for making your own generators.