Modern Chan Channel GetIterator

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GetIterator

Returns the iterator a for each loop uses to receive until the channel is drained.

Syntax

GetIterator( ) as ChannelIterator( of T )

Notes

• Iteration consumes: each step receives a value, and the loop ends when the channel is closed and drained -- the same condition that ends while ch.Receive( v ).
• It blocks between values, so a for each over a channel that nobody closes never ends.
• The iterator protocol -- IsValid, Value, MoveNext -- as used by every other iterable type here.

Examples

#import "std/tasks"
using tasks

dim ch as Channel( of int32 ) = Channel( of int32 )( 4 )

for i as int32 = 1 to 3
    dim as int32 v = i
    ch.Send( v )
next
ch.Close( )                  '' or the loop below would never end

for each v in ch
    print v                  '' 1 / 2 / 3
next
print "drained"

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