Iterators

Tomo supports using functions as iterable objects. This allows you to write arbitrary iteration behavior, such as using a polling-based API, and write regular loops or comprehensions over that API.

For example, the Path.each_line() API method returns a function that successively gets one line from a file at a time until the file is exhausted:

(./test.txt).write("
    line one
    line two
    line three
")

iter := (./test.txt).each_line()
assert iter() == "line one"
assert iter() == "line two"
assert iter() == "line three"
assert iter() == none

for line in (./test.txt).each_line()
    pass

You can write your own iterator methods this way. For example, this iterator iterates over prime numbers up to a given limit:

func primes_up_to(limit:Int)
    n := 2
    return func()
        if n > limit
            return !Int

        while not n.is_prime()
            n += 1

        n += 1
        return (n - 1)?

assert [p for p in primes_up_to(11)] == [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]