https://jfx.ac/tags/go/Recent content in Go on jfx's siteHugoenSun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://jfx.ac/blog/go-iterators-and-generators/Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://jfx.ac/blog/go-iterators-and-generators/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Something I&rsquo;ve found missing in Go is built-in generator functions and an iterator interface. Python &amp; JavaScript both have them and I find myself using them regularly. Having syntactic sugar to express a generator &amp; iterators is great for consistency sake, and also makes them more accessible for implementers.</p> <h2 id="what-are-generator-functions">What are generator functions?</h2> <p>A generator function produces values on the fly or &ldquo;lazily&rdquo;, instead of generating them all at once and storing them in memory.</p>