A generator is a generalisation of a subroutine, primarily used to simplify the writing of iterators. The yield statement in a generator does not specify a coroutine to jump to, but rather passes a value back to a parent routine.
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A generator is a special routine that can be used to control the iteration behaviour of a loop. A generator is very similar to a function that returns an array, in that a generator has parameters, can be called, and generates a sequence of values. However, instead of building an array containing all the values and returning them all at once, a generator yields the values one at a time, which requires less memory and allows the caller to get started processing the first few values immediately. In short, a generator looks like a function but behaves like an iterator.
Generators can be implemented in terms of more expressive control flow constructs, such as coroutines or first-class continuations.
