Stefan Rank wrote: > on 22.01.2008 14:20 Diez B. Roggisch said the following: >> def isgenerator(v): >> def _g(): yield >> return type(v) == type(_g()) >> >> But I wonder why there is no such method already available? > > > This tests for generator objects, and you could also use:: > > return type(v) is types.GeneratorType > > I think that this is pretty direct already. > > I also need to test for generator functions from time to time for which > I use:: > > def _isaGeneratorFunction(func): > '''Check the bitmask of `func` for the magic generator flag.''' > return bool(func.func_code.co_flags & CO_GENERATOR)
Can you please write a function for the inspect module + docs + a small unit tests and submit a patch? The inspect module is missing the isgenerator function. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
