# Python generators equivalent?

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**Tags:** generators\
**Created:** [December 9, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/python-generators-equivalent/2806 "2016-12-09T10:34:08Z")\
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> [@benwilson512](#):
>
> An API like
> 
> s = step(1, 2)  
> s.next() # 1  
> s.next() # 3  
> s.next() # 5
> 
> relies upon mutable state. T

Just a small note (not sure how on topic it is) about simulating functionality like this is to use a pipeline. I’ve used this approach a number of times in APIs.

> step(1,2)  
> |\> next  
> |\> next  
> |\> block(fn s → … end)  
> |\> next

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