On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> wrote: >> Yes, which could be rephrased as the fact that `break` and `continue` are >> restricted to looping control structures, so reusing `break` in this context >> would be a bad idea. > > Which is why I believe 'return' would be a better choice, even though > returning a value other than None would make no sense. It would simply > be a restriction, and one that almost nobody would notice - like this: >
I'd say let's not bikeshed on the name when the merits of "breaking" out of a module's execution haven't been established, but what's the point. <wink> -eric >>>> def f(): > yield 1 > yield 2 > yield 3 > > >>>> a=f() >>>> a > <generator object f at 0x00FB4AA8> >>>> a.send(1) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, in <module> > a.send(1) > TypeError: can't send non-None value to a just-started generator > > ChrisA > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
