Index: enumerator.c =================================================================== --- enumerator.c (revision 34551) +++ enumerator.c (working copy) @@ -30,17 +30,22 @@ * * enumerator = %w(one two three).each * puts enumerator.class # => Enumerator - * enumerator.each_with_object("foo") do |item,obj| + * + * enumerator.each_with_object("foo") do |item, obj| * puts "#{obj}: #{item}" * end + * * # foo: one * # foo: two * # foo: three + * * enum_with_obj = enumerator.each_with_object("foo") * puts enum_with_obj.class # => Enumerator - * enum_with_obj.each do |item,obj| - * puts "#{obj: #{item}" + * + * enum_with_obj.each do |item, obj| + * puts "#{obj}: #{item}" * end + * * # foo: one * # foo: two * # foo: three @@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ * can map a list's elements to strings containing the index * and the element as a string via: * - * puts %w[foo bar baz].map.with_index {|w,i| "#{i}:#{w}" } + * puts %w[foo bar baz].map.with_index { |w, i| "#{i}:#{w}" } * # => ["0:foo", "1:bar", "2:baz"] * * An Enumerator can also be used as an external iterator. @@ -267,6 +272,63 @@ enumerator_init(VALUE enum_obj, VALUE ob * * p fib.take(10) # => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55] * + * The block form can be used to create a lazy enumeration that only processes + * elements as-needed. The generic pattern for this is: + * + * Enumerator.new do |yielder| + * source.each do |source_item| + * # process source_item and append the yielder + * end + * end + * + * This can be used with infinite streams to support multiple chains: + * + * class Fib + * def initialize(a = 1, b = 1) + * @a, @b = a, b + * end + * + * def each + * a, b = @a, @b + * yield a + * while true + * yield b + * a, b = b, a+b + * end + * end + * end + * + * def lazy_select enum + * Enumerator.new do |y| + * enum.each do |e| + * y << e if yield e + * end + * end + * end + * + * def lazy_map enum + * Enumerator.new do |y| + * enum.each do |e| + * y << yield(e) + * end + * end + * end + * + * even_fibs = lazy_select(Fibs.new) { |x| x % 2 == 0 } + * string_fibs = lazy_map(even_fibs) { |x| "<#{x}>" } + * string_fibs.each_with_index do |fib, i| + * puts "#{i}: #{fib}" + * break if i >= 3 + * end + * + * This allows output even though the Fib produces an infinite sequence of + * Fibonacci numbers: + * + * 0: <2> + * 1: <8> + * 2: <34> + * 3: <144> + * * In the second, deprecated, form, a generated Enumerator iterates over the * given object using the given method with the given arguments passed. *