From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-02-15T03:16:48-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01374] Re: Yield

"Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net> writes:

> With reference to FAQ 3.3, does anyone else find "yield" to be a somewhat
> counter-intuitive term?
> 
> I think that (AFIK) either "invoke" or "callwith" (call with) would be a
> better statement name.
> 
> Am I thinking about this the wrong way around or something?

Yes ;-)  (I think)

I think 'yield' is used because of its historical use in
coroutines. The relationship between an iterator and its caller is
pretty much the same as a coroutine environment (or like those cartoon
chipmunks--after you, no after you....)

Dave