Groups   159 of 99+      julia-users › python-like generators? 5 posts by 5 authors      Neal Becker    Oct 13   julia-0.5 supports generator expressions, ala python, which is very nice.   Any thoughts on supporting the more general python generator functions, as  described e.g.: https:  wiki.python.org moin Generators?  I haven't used  them much myself  well, once , but they seem a really cool idea.       Tom Breloff    Oct 13   I've used them, and I think a Julia Task is a better comparison. So while the syntax is different you can accomplish the same thing.       Mauro    Oct 13   Isn't this the same as tasks in Julia?  http:  docs.julialang.org en release-0.5 stdlib parallel    Although, note that their performance is not on par with start-next-done  iteration.       David Anthoff    Oct 13  22 hours ago    I don't think so. I think the python generator functions are modeled after  the Clanguage  yield keyword, which is a way to implement an iterator. I believe  tasks are quite a different beast. At least in Clanguage  tasks interact with the  async await story really well. I think the julia tasks might be similar to  that, but I'm not sure.   In any case, having a yield keyword to implement standard iterators would be  fantastic. Simply a way to get the start, next and done methods implemented  automatically.       Ralph Smith    Oct 13  18 hours ago    According to the manual, Tasks are coroutines. The Wikipedia article relates them to generators.  For any recovering Clanguage programmers in the audience, this related article might remind you why you prefer to be here in the land of honest macros.