I have a generator that generates a series, for example:
def triangle_nums():
'''Generates a series of triangle numbers'''
tn = 0
counter = 1
while True:
tn += counter
yield tn
counter += + 1
In Python 2 I am able to make the following calls:
g = triangle_nums() # get the generator
g.next() # get the next value
however in Python 3 if I execute the same two lines of code I get the following error:
AttributeError: 'generator' object has no attribute 'next'
but, the loop iterator syntax does work in Python 3
for n in triangle_nums():
if not exit_cond:
do_something()...
I haven't been able to find anything yet that explains this difference in behavior for Python 3.
g.next()
has been renamed to g.__next__()
. The reason for this is consistency: special methods like __init__()
and __del__()
all have double underscores (or "dunder" in the current vernacular), and .next()
was one of the few exceptions to that rule. This was fixed in Python 3.0. [*]
But instead of calling g.__next__()
, use next(g)
.
[*] There are other special attributes that have gotten this fix; func_name
, is now __name__
, etc.