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Class std.concurrency.Generator

A Generator is a Fiber that periodically returns values of type T to the caller via yield. This is represented as an InputRange.

Inherits from

Constructors

Name Description
this Initializes a generator object which is associated with a static D function. The function will be called once to prepare the range for iteration.
this Initializes a generator object which is associated with a static D function. The function will be called once to prepare the range for iteration.
this Initializes a generator object which is associated with a dynamic D function. The function will be called once to prepare the range for iteration.
this Initializes a generator object which is associated with a dynamic D function. The function will be called once to prepare the range for iteration.

Properties

Name Type Description
empty [get] bool Returns true if the generator is empty.
front [get] T Returns the most recently generated value.

Methods

Name Description
popFront Obtains the next value from the underlying function.
factory Create instance of class specified by the fully qualified name classname. The class must either have no constructors or have a default constructor.
opCmp Compare with another Object obj.
opEquals Returns !=0 if this object does have the same contents as obj.
toHash Compute hash function for Object.
toString Convert Object to a human readable string.

Example

import std.concurrency;
import std.stdio;


void main()
{
    auto tid = spawn(
    {
        while (true)
        {
            writeln(receiveOnly!int());
        }
    });

    auto r = new Generator!int(
    {
        foreach (i; 1 .. 10)
            yield(i);
    });

    foreach (e; r)
    {
        tid.send(e);
    }
}

Authors

Sean Kelly, Alex Rønne Petersen, Martin Nowak

License

Boost License 1.0.

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