Equivalent C++ to Python generator pattern

Question

I\'ve got some example Python code that I need to mimic in C++. I do not require any specific solution (such as co-routine based yield solutions, although they would be acce

Answer 1

This answer works in C (and hence i think works in c++ too)

#include 

const uint64_t MAX = 1ll<<32;

typedef struct {
    uint64_t i, j;
} Pair;

Pair* generate_pairs()
{
    static uint64_t i = 0;
    static uint64_t j = 0;
    
    Pair p = {i,j};
    if(j++ < MAX)
    {
        return &p;
    }
        else if(++i < MAX)
    {
        p.i++;
        p.j = 0;
        j = 0;
        return &p;
    }
    else
    {
        return NULL;
    }
}

int main()
{
    while(1)
    {
        Pair *p = generate_pairs();
        if(p != NULL)
        {
            //printf("%d,%d\n",p->i,p->j);
        }
        else
        {
            //printf("end");
            break;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

This is simple, non object-oriented way to mimic a generator. This worked as expected for me.