package iter

Import Path
	iter (on go.dev)

Dependency Relation
	imports 3 packages, and imported by 4 packages


Involved Source Files

	
		Package iter provides basic definitions and operations related to
		iterators over sequences.
		
		# Iterators
		
		An iterator is a function that passes successive elements of a
		sequence to a callback function, conventionally named yield.
		The function stops either when the sequence is finished or
		when yield returns false, indicating to stop the iteration early.
		This package defines [Seq] and [Seq2]
		(pronounced like seek—the first syllable of sequence)
		as shorthands for iterators that pass 1 or 2 values per sequence element
		to yield:
		
			type (
				Seq[V any]     func(yield func(V) bool)
				Seq2[K, V any] func(yield func(K, V) bool)
			)
		
		Seq2 represents a sequence of paired values, conventionally key-value
		or index-value pairs.
		
		Yield returns true if the iterator should continue with the next
		element in the sequence, false if it should stop.
		
		Iterator functions are most often called by a range loop, as in:
		
			func PrintAll[V any](seq iter.Seq[V]) {
				for v := range seq {
					fmt.Println(v)
				}
			}
		
		# Naming Conventions
		
		Iterator functions and methods are named for the sequence being walked:
		
			// All returns an iterator over all elements in s.
			func (s *Set[V]) All() iter.Seq[V]
		
		The iterator method on a collection type is conventionally named All,
		because it iterates a sequence of all the values in the collection.
		
		For a type containing multiple possible sequences, the iterator's name
		can indicate which sequence is being provided:
		
			// Cities returns an iterator over the major cities in the country.
			func (c *Country) Cities() iter.Seq[*City]
		
			// Languages returns an iterator over the official spoken languages of the country.
			func (c *Country) Languages() iter.Seq[string]
		
		If an iterator requires additional configuration, the constructor function
		can take additional configuration arguments:
		
			// Scan returns an iterator over key-value pairs with min ≤ key ≤ max.
			func (m *Map[K, V]) Scan(min, max K) iter.Seq2[K, V]
		
			// Split returns an iterator over the (possibly-empty) substrings of s
			// separated by sep.
			func Split(s, sep string) iter.Seq[string]
		
		When there are multiple possible iteration orders, the method name may
		indicate that order:
		
			// All returns an iterator over the list from head to tail.
			func (l *List[V]) All() iter.Seq[V]
		
			// Backward returns an iterator over the list from tail to head.
			func (l *List[V]) Backward() iter.Seq[V]
		
			// Preorder returns an iterator over all nodes of the syntax tree
			// beneath (and including) the specified root, in depth-first preorder,
			// visiting a parent node before its children.
			func Preorder(root Node) iter.Seq[Node]
		
		# Single-Use Iterators
		
		Most iterators provide the ability to walk an entire sequence:
		when called, the iterator does any setup necessary to start the
		sequence, then calls yield on successive elements of the sequence,
		and then cleans up before returning. Calling the iterator again
		walks the sequence again.
		
		Some iterators break that convention, providing the ability to walk a
		sequence only once. These “single-use iterators” typically report values
		from a data stream that cannot be rewound to start over.
		Calling the iterator again after stopping early may continue the
		stream, but calling it again after the sequence is finished will yield
		no values at all. Doc comments for functions or methods that return
		single-use iterators should document this fact:
		
			// Lines returns an iterator over lines read from r.
			// It returns a single-use iterator.
			func (r *Reader) Lines() iter.Seq[string]
		
		# Pulling Values
		
		Functions and methods that accept or return iterators
		should use the standard [Seq] or [Seq2] types, to ensure
		compatibility with range loops and other iterator adapters.
		The standard iterators can be thought of as “push iterators”, which
		push values to the yield function.
		
		Sometimes a range loop is not the most natural way to consume values
		of the sequence. In this case, [Pull] converts a standard push iterator
		to a “pull iterator”, which can be called to pull one value at a time
		from the sequence. [Pull] starts an iterator and returns a pair
		of functions—next and stop—which return the next value from the iterator
		and stop it, respectively.
		
		For example:
		
			// Pairs returns an iterator over successive pairs of values from seq.
			func Pairs[V any](seq iter.Seq[V]) iter.Seq2[V, V] {
				return func(yield func(V, V) bool) {
					next, stop := iter.Pull(seq)
					defer stop()
					for {
						v1, ok1 := next()
						if !ok1 {
							return
						}
						v2, ok2 := next()
						// If ok2 is false, v2 should be the
						// zero value; yield one last pair.
						if !yield(v1, v2) {
							return
						}
						if !ok2 {
							return
						}
					}
				}
			}
		
		If clients do not consume the sequence to completion, they must call stop,
		which allows the iterator function to finish and return. As shown in
		the example, the conventional way to ensure this is to use defer.
		
		# Standard Library Usage
		
		A few packages in the standard library provide iterator-based APIs,
		most notably the [maps] and [slices] packages.
		For example, [maps.Keys] returns an iterator over the keys of a map,
		while [slices.Sorted] collects the values of an iterator into a slice,
		sorts them, and returns the slice, so to iterate over the sorted keys of a map:
		
			for _, key := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(m)) {
				...
			}
		
		# Mutation
		
		Iterators provide only the values of the sequence, not any direct way
		to modify it. If an iterator wishes to provide a mechanism for modifying
		a sequence during iteration, the usual approach is to define a position type
		with the extra operations and then provide an iterator over positions.
		
		For example, a tree implementation might provide:
		
			// Positions returns an iterator over positions in the sequence.
			func (t *Tree[V]) Positions() iter.Seq[*Pos]
		
			// A Pos represents a position in the sequence.
			// It is only valid during the yield call it is passed to.
			type Pos[V any] struct { ... }
		
			// Pos returns the value at the cursor.
			func (p *Pos[V]) Value() V
		
			// Delete deletes the value at this point in the iteration.
			func (p *Pos[V]) Delete()
		
			// Set changes the value v at the cursor.
			func (p *Pos[V]) Set(v V)
		
		And then a client could delete boring values from the tree using:
		
			for p := range t.Positions() {
				if boring(p.Value()) {
					p.Delete()
				}
			}


Package-Level Type Names (total 2)


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		Type Parameters:
			V: any

		Seq is an iterator over sequences of individual values.
		When called as seq(yield), seq calls yield(v) for each value v in the sequence,
		stopping early if yield returns false.
		See the [iter] package documentation for more details.

		
			func go/ast.Preorder(root ast.Node) Seq[ast.Node]
			func maps.Keys[Map, K, V](m Map) Seq[K]
			func maps.Values[Map, K, V](m Map) Seq[V]
			func reflect.Value.Seq() Seq[reflect.Value]
			func slices.Chunk[Slice, E](s Slice, n int) Seq[Slice]
			func slices.Values[Slice, E](s Slice) Seq[E]
		
			func Pull[V](seq Seq[V]) (next func() (V, bool), stop func())
			func slices.AppendSeq[Slice, E](s Slice, seq Seq[E]) Slice
			func slices.Collect[E](seq Seq[E]) []E
			func slices.Sorted[E](seq Seq[E]) []E
			func slices.SortedFunc[E](seq Seq[E], cmp func(E, E) int) []E
			func slices.SortedStableFunc[E](seq Seq[E], cmp func(E, E) int) []E


	

		Type Parameters:
			K: any
			V: any

		Seq2 is an iterator over sequences of pairs of values, most commonly key-value pairs.
		When called as seq(yield), seq calls yield(k, v) for each pair (k, v) in the sequence,
		stopping early if yield returns false.
		See the [iter] package documentation for more details.

		
			func maps.All[Map, K, V](m Map) Seq2[K, V]
			func reflect.Value.Seq2() Seq2[reflect.Value, reflect.Value]
			func slices.All[Slice, E](s Slice) Seq2[int, E]
			func slices.Backward[Slice, E](s Slice) Seq2[int, E]
		
			func Pull2[K, V](seq Seq2[K, V]) (next func() (K, V, bool), stop func())
			func maps.Collect[K, V](seq Seq2[K, V]) map[K]V
			func maps.Insert[Map, K, V](m Map, seq Seq2[K, V])




Package-Level Functions (total 2)


	

		Type Parameters:
			V: any

		Pull converts the “push-style” iterator sequence seq
		into a “pull-style” iterator accessed by the two functions
		next and stop.
		
		Next returns the next value in the sequence
		and a boolean indicating whether the value is valid.
		When the sequence is over, next returns the zero V and false.
		It is valid to call next after reaching the end of the sequence
		or after calling stop. These calls will continue
		to return the zero V and false.
		
		Stop ends the iteration. It must be called when the caller is
		no longer interested in next values and next has not yet
		signaled that the sequence is over (with a false boolean return).
		It is valid to call stop multiple times and when next has
		already returned false. Typically, callers should “defer stop()”.
		
		It is an error to call next or stop from multiple goroutines
		simultaneously.
		
		If the iterator panics during a call to next (or stop),
		then next (or stop) itself panics with the same value.


	

		Type Parameters:
			K: any
			V: any

		Pull2 converts the “push-style” iterator sequence seq
		into a “pull-style” iterator accessed by the two functions
		next and stop.
		
		Next returns the next pair in the sequence
		and a boolean indicating whether the pair is valid.
		When the sequence is over, next returns a pair of zero values and false.
		It is valid to call next after reaching the end of the sequence
		or after calling stop. These calls will continue
		to return a pair of zero values and false.
		
		Stop ends the iteration. It must be called when the caller is
		no longer interested in next values and next has not yet
		signaled that the sequence is over (with a false boolean return).
		It is valid to call stop multiple times and when next has
		already returned false. Typically, callers should “defer stop()”.
		
		It is an error to call next or stop from multiple goroutines
		simultaneously.
		
		If the iterator panics during a call to next (or stop),
		then next (or stop) itself panics with the same value.