On Jun 23, 2018, at 21:11, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > He's asking for an async version of the 'iter' builtin, presumably > something like: > async def aiter(async_callable, sentinel): > while True: > value = await async_callable() > if value == sentinel: > break > yield value > -n
Yes, exactly (thanks, Nathaniel). Wouldn't that be a useful built-in? (Greg, I too would be surprised if this were the first time this idea has been raised, but I looked before posting and couldn’t immediately find prior discussion.)
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