The ES6 iteration protocol

[Brendan Eich]

Axel Rauschmayer wrote:
> There are two different aspects:
>
> 1. If you get an iterable, it sometimes matters whether iteration 
> restarts when you ask the iterable for an iterator.

Rather, if you have an object o and o[Symbol.iterator]() === o then you 
have an iterator.

> 2. Self-iterability is how iterators turn themselves into iterables so 
> that constructs that work with iterables can be used. It also enables 
> generators to play two roles: generator methods can implement 
> `[Symbol.iterator]` and generator functions can implement 
> iterable-returning functions.

I'm not clear on what 2 means. Generator functions definitely return 
generator-iterators when called. A generator function gf does not have a 
gf[Symbol.iterator] property, though.

> In this particular case, I’m interested in #1. I probably have to come 
> up with a better term for it.

Yes, "singleton" is the wrong word. Perhaps you want "iterator"? :-P

/be