[racket] Can't `yield' multiple values when `in-generator' is returned from a function?
FYI this is PR 11662
On 09/14/2012 06:53 AM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> At Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:20:22 -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote:
>> tl'dr: I can `yield' multiple values when an `in-generator' sequence
>> is used directly in a comprehension, but not when it is returned from
>> a function. I'm stumped.
>>
>>
>> Let's try using the `in-generator' sequence directly in a comprehension:
>>
>> ;; Yield 1 value, directly using `in-generator`
>> (for/list ([x (in-generator (for ([i (in-range 4)])
>> (yield i)))])
>> x)
>> ;; => '(0 1 2 3)
>>
>> ;; Yield 2 values, directly using `in-generator`
>> (for/list ([(x y) (in-generator (for ([i (in-range 4)])
>> (yield i 0)))])
>> (cons x y))
>> ;; => '((0 . 0) (1 . 0) (2 . 0) (3 . 0))
>>
>> Great!
>>
>> Next, let's try using the `in-generator' sequence as returned from a
>> function. As best I can understand from the docs, this should work. It
>> does for the case of yield-ing 1 value -- but not 2 values:
>>
>> ;; Yield 1 value, using `in-generator' returned from a function:
>> (define (in-gen-1)
>> (in-generator (for ([i (in-range 4)])
>> (yield i))))
>> (for/list ([x (in-gen-1)])
>> x)
>> ;; => '(0 1 2 3)
>>
>> ;; Yield 2 values, using `in-generator' returned from a function:
>> (define (in-gen-2)
>> (in-generator (for ([i (in-range 4)])
>> (yield i 0))))
>> (for/list ([(x y) (in-gen-2)])
>> (cons x y))
>> ;; ==> EXCEPTION:
>> ; .../private/for.rkt:1046:17: arity mismatch;
>> ; the expected number of arguments does not match the given number
>> ; expected: 1
>> ; given: 2
>> ; arguments...:
>> ; 0
>> ; 0
>>
>> Why?
> It's a problem in `in-generator' --- specifically in the way that
> `in-generator' expands to `in-producer' when the `in-generator'
> expression is not in a `for' right-hand side. In that case, the
> `in-generator' expansion doesn't know how many "stop" values it's
> supposed to produce.
>
>
> To work around the problem, you can use `in-producer' and `generator':
>
> ;; Yield 2 values, using `in-generator' returned from a function:
> (define (in-gen-2)
> (in-producer (generator ()
> (for ([i (in-range 4)])
> (yield i 0))
> (values 'done 'done))
> (lambda (a b) (eq? a 'done))))
>
> (for/list ([(x y) (in-gen-2)])
> (cons x y))
>
>
> I'll work on a repair for `in-generator'.
>
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