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.. class:: Generator(Iterator[T_co], Generic[T_co, T_contra, V_co])
+ A generator can be annotated by the generic type
+ ``Generator[YieldType, SendType, ReturnType]``. For example::
+
+ def echo_round() -> Generator[int, float, str]:
+ sent = yield 0
+ while sent >= 0:
+ sent = yield round(sent)
+ return 'Done'
+
+ Note that unlike many other generics in the typing module, the ``SendType``
+ of :class:`Generator` behaves contravariantly, not covariantly or
+ invariantly.
+
+ If your generator will only yield values, set the ``SendType`` and
+ ``ReturnType`` to ``None``::
+
+ def infinite_stream(start: int) -> Generator[int, None, None]:
+ while True:
+ yield start
+ start += 1
+
+ Alternatively, annotate your generator as having a return type of
+ ``Iterator[YieldType]``::
+
+ def infinite_stream(start: int) -> Iterator[int]:
+ while True:
+ yield start
+ start += 1
+
.. class:: io
Wrapper namespace for I/O stream types.