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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Generators in PHP
From: theanomaly.is@gmail.com (Sherif Ramadan)

>
>
> Nikita - I am looking for a well reasoned argument as to why generator has
> to be added at all! 'Just because it can be' is not a valid argument, but
> perhaps you could add to the RFC the performance implication or advantage of
> what is being proposed. That would at least be some comparison with the
> current methods of doing the same thing?
>
>


If you read the RFC you will see all of these issues are already
addressed there.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/generators#performance

"You can find a small micro benchmark at
https://gist.github.com/2975796. It compares several ways of iterating
ranges:"

What part of this discussion led you to believe such a ridiculous
argument as to why generator were introduced? I'm glad to see that
while seeking reason you are also demonstrating it.