[GROOVY-10] yield keyword

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-3
• Component/s: ast builder, lexer, parser
• Assignee: Bob Paulin
• Reporter: Bob Paulin
• Created: 25/Sep/03 17:53
• Updated: 27/Oct/03 06:14
• Resolved: 27/Oct/03 06:14

Description

add yield keyword to support continuations.

e.g.

// simple way to implement an iterator
foo()

{ yield 1; yield 2; yield 3; }

// or
foo() {
for i in bar {
if i.whatnot == 7

{ yield i; }

}
}