以下是一些Python的例子, 说明如何实际安装发电机, 仿佛Python没有提供同声糖:

作为Python发电机:

from itertools import islice

def fib_gen():
    a, b = 1, 1
    while True:
        yield a
        a, b = b, a + b

assert [1, 1, 2, 3, 5] == list(islice(fib_gen(), 5))

使用地法关闭代替发电机

def ftake(fnext, last):
    return [fnext() for _ in xrange(last)]

def fib_gen2():
    #funky scope due to python2.x workaround
    #for python 3.x use nonlocal
    def _():
        _.a, _.b = _.b, _.a + _.b
        return _.a
    _.a, _.b = 0, 1
    return _

assert [1,1,2,3,5] == ftake(fib_gen2(), 5)

使用关闭物体代替发电机(因为封闭和对象等等同)

class fib_gen3:
    def __init__(self):
        self.a, self.b = 1, 1

    def __call__(self):
        r = self.a
        self.a, self.b = self.b, self.a + self.b
        return r

assert [1,1,2,3,5] == ftake(fib_gen3(), 5)

yield简直就像return区别在于,下次你打电话给发电机时,从最后一次呼叫开始执行。yield与返回不同的语句,当生成时, 堆叠框架不会被清理, 但是控件会被转回调用方, 所以下次调用函数时, 它的状态将会恢复 。

对于您的代码,函数get_child_candidates动作就像一个循环器,这样当您扩展列表时,它会一次向新列表添加一个元素。

list.extend在你公布的代码样本中, 只需将图普还给列表, 并附加到列表中, 就会更加清晰 。

还有一个yield用途和含义(自 Python 3.3 以来):

yield from <expr>

发自PEP 380-从属子生成器的语法:

提议对发电机使用语法,将部分操作权下放给另一个发电机,这样可以将含有“当量”的代码部分计入到另一个发电机中。此外,允许次发电机返回一个值,并将价值提供给授权发电机。

新的语法也为当一个发电机再生一个发电机产生的另一个发电机价值时实现最佳化开辟了一些机会。

此外,这笔将引入(自Python 3. 5) :

async def new_coroutine(data):
   ...
   await blocking_action()

避免与常规发电机混淆(今天)yield两者都使用)。

发电机可以使个别经过处理的物品立即得到处理(不必等待整个收集过程的处理),下面的例子说明了这一点。

import time

def get_gen():
    for i in range(10):
        yield i
        time.sleep(1)

def get_list():
    ret = []
    for i in range(10):
        ret.append(i)
        time.sleep(1)
    return ret


start_time = time.time()
print('get_gen iteration (individual results come immediately)')
for i in get_gen():
    print(f'result arrived after: {time.time() - start_time:.0f} seconds')
print()

start_time = time.time()
print('get_list iteration (results come all at once)') 
for i in get_list():
    print(f'result arrived after: {time.time() - start_time:.0f} seconds')

get_gen iteration (individual results come immediately)
result arrived after: 0 seconds
result arrived after: 1 seconds
result arrived after: 2 seconds
result arrived after: 3 seconds
result arrived after: 4 seconds
result arrived after: 5 seconds
result arrived after: 6 seconds
result arrived after: 7 seconds
result arrived after: 8 seconds
result arrived after: 9 seconds

get_list iteration (results come all at once)
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds
result arrived after: 10 seconds

在皮顿generators(一种特殊类型的iterators)用于产生一系列数值和yield关键字就和return生成功能关键字。

另一件有趣的事yield关键字在保存statea 发电机功能.

所以,我们可以设定number每次对一个不同的值generator产值。

以下是一个例子:

def getPrimes(number):
    while True:
        if isPrime(number):
            number = yield number     # a miracle occurs here
        number += 1

def printSuccessivePrimes(iterations, base=10):
    primeGenerator = getPrimes(base)
    primeGenerator.send(None)
    for power in range(iterations):
        print(primeGenerator.send(base ** power))

缩略yieldKeyword 简单收集返回结果。yield类似return +=