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<section id="generator-objects">
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<span id="gen-objects"></span><h1>Generator Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#generator-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p>Generator objects are what Python uses to implement generator iterators. They
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than explicitly calling <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyGen_New" title="PyGen_New"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGen_New()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyGen_NewWithQualName" title="PyGen_NewWithQualName"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGen_NewWithQualName()</span></code></a>.</p>
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<span class="k"><span class="pre">type</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyGenObject</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyGenObject" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd><p>The type object corresponding to generator objects.</p>
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<dd><p>Return true if <em>ob</em> is a generator object; <em>ob</em> must not be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>. This
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<dd><p>Return true if <em>ob</em>’s type is <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyGen_Type" title="PyGen_Type"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGen_Type</span></code></a>; <em>ob</em> must not be
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Create and return a new generator object based on the <em>frame</em> object.
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<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Create and return a new generator object based on the <em>frame</em> object,
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