Generator (computer programming): Difference between revisions

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int operator*() const { return iter; }

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</syntaxhighlight>Furthermore, [[C++20]] formally introduced support for coroutines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coroutines (C++20) - cppreference.com |url=https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines.html |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=en.cppreference.com}}</ref>, which can be used to implement generators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Casey |last2=Baker |first2=Lewis |last3=Jabot |first3=Corentin |title=std::generator implementation in C++20 |url=https://godbolt.org/z/5hcaPcfvP |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=godbolt.org |language=en}}</ref>. [[C++23]] introduced [https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/coroutine/generator.html std::generator] in the standard library, making it much easier to implement generators. For example, a basic range generator can be implemented as:<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">

#include <generator>