🚲Why `effect` instead of `yield`?

[aleclarson]

And should the function be marked as effectful (eg: *fn () {})?

Any function that throws would need the asterisk, IMO.

edit: And maybe use co instead of *fn?

[aleclarson]

Just saw that yield is used for iterables. Maybe for-as can "just work" with any coroutine, not just iterables?

[aleclarson]

Also, maybe make it so generators (eg: *fn/co functions) are async by default. Since whether or not a generator is async is really an implementation detail, right?

[jamiebuilds]

effect's behavior is somewhere in between throw and yield, all three are valid programming patterns

[aleclarson]

Can a function use all four (effect, throw, yield, await) or are there restrictions?

[jamiebuilds]

Assuming it's a fn () async iter {...}, then yes it can use all four

[aleclarson]

What can I do with effect that I can't do with throw?

[jamiebuilds]

You can resume it from a catch {} handler with a value