Generator; request for opinions

[btiffin]

Hey gang.

If you were writing a Python generator function would you end it with a StopIteration exception

Python:

def genny():     if somestuff:         stillstuff = True         stuff = firststuff     while stillstuff:         yield stuff         stuff = dostuff         stillstuff = True if morestuff else False     raise StopIteration

or just let the def fall out of scope and get the implied exception?

I convinced the team to use the explicit raise today, but I'm not sure if I was being to pricky.

Cheers

[Zeroth]

Quote:

>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

[btiffin]

This is one of those

code:

01 ditto constant as 'yeah I agree and thanks for the confirmation Zeroth'.

posts.

Cheers

[Zeroth]

Eh, whenever I need to make a choice like yours, I tend to check that guide, see what it says. It almost always has an answer for me.