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Clarify behavior of generator (functions)

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Christoph Michael Becker 2018-06-30 11:56:50 +00:00
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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Single digit odd numbers from xrange(): 1 3 5 7 9
<sect2 xml:id="language.generators.object">
<title><classname>Generator</classname> objects</title>
<para>
When a generator function is called for the first time, an object of the
When a generator function is called, a new object of the
internal <classname>Generator</classname> class is returned. This object
implements the <classname>Iterator</classname> interface in much the same
way as a forward-only iterator object would, and provides methods that can
@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ Single digit odd numbers from xrange(): 1 3 5 7 9
<para>
When a generator function is called, it returns an object that can be
iterated over. When you iterate over that object (for instance, via a
&foreach; loop), PHP will call the generator function each time it needs a
&foreach; loop), PHP will call the object's iteration methods each time it needs a
value, then saves the state of the generator when the generator yields a
value so that it can be resumed when the next value is required.
</para>
<para>
Once there are no more values to be yielded, then the generator function
Once there are no more values to be yielded, then the generator
can simply exit, and the calling code continues just as if an array has run
out of values.
</para>