>>> def foo(): ... print "begin" ... for i in range(3): ... print "before yield", i ... yield i ... print "after yield", i ... print "end" ... >>> f = foo() >>> f.next() begin before yield 0 0 >>> f.next() after yield 0 before yield 1 1 >>> f.next() after yield 1 before yield 2 2 >>> f.next() after yield 2 end Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> StopIteration >>>