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.
Not as nice as it could be, but certainly way less hackish than my approach. Thanks! > 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) Not sure if that's not a bit too much on the dark magic side.. but good to know that it exists. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list