From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@...>
Date: 2004-08-27T04:52:21+09:00
Subject: Re: python generators to ruby closures, help

word.

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/generator/rdoc/classes/Generator.html

am i correct in assuming that "makes an internal iterator external" is
just another way of saying "turns a subroutine into a continuation",
"using yield rather than return"?  or aka, a function to continuation
translator?

-z

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:42:31 -0400, zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:14:42 +0900, Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> wrote:
> > zuzu wrote:
> > > can anyone help me decode the following python example using
> > > generators into The Ruby Way using closures?
> >
> > I'm sure the Ruby version must be human-readable...  maybe you can
> > describe in short words, what the Python example tries to achive?
> 
> actually i'm not much of a python programmer; stopped learning it once
> i sunk my teeth into ruby.  so other than the generic "to implement
> unix-style pipes and filters", i'm not really sure *how* that was
> working (and hoping someone here was python-ruby bilingual).
> 
> > You might have a look at generator.rb which ships with Ruby and
> > implements generators or "streams" with continuations.
> 
> however, armed with this newly acquired knowledge, perhaps that's all
> i needed to know.  thanks!
> 
> > Regards,
> >
> >    Michael
> 
> peace,
> -z
>