Anyone here use generator functions in JS? Seems like it could be useful but whenever I explore the possibility of using one, I usually end up going another route

I used generator to calculate possibly infinite series of recurring event occurences. It seemed like a good solution.

I've used them when I have sequences I want to iterate over and the sequence can be mathematically defined by a parameter(s).

But in the end, it's just syntactic sugar (tho it may have different implications in other js engines) for a loop.

- Tokenization

- splitting up procressing steps of arrays into many small actions that can be done one at a time

With hack pipes this will be a lot more readable as well..

@CoreFusionX It literally pauses the execution of the function with every yield and preserves the state, so more than syntax sugar ..

function * previousIds ( lastestId ){

while ( true )

yield lastestId--

}

async function * previousComments ( latestId ){

for ( const id of previousIds(latestId) )

yield await

fetch(`stuff.com/comments?id=${ latestId }`)

.then((response) => response.json())

}

async function * take ( generator , limit ){

for await ( const item of generator ){

if(limit < 1)

return

yield item

limit--;

}

}

function toComment ( json ){

const element = document.createElement('div');

element.innerText = json.content;

return element

}

for await ( const comment of previousComments(lastedId) )

html_comments.appendChild(toHtml(comment));

Could be much nicer with hack pipes..

https://proposals.es/proposals/...

Thanks devRant for removing my identation, who needed it anyways ..

@ElectroArchiver devRant needs support for code blocks badly

@Lensflare Brought this up before and SOME people didn't see the point in it..

The resentment is palpable 😅