Comparing two generators in Python

Question

I am wondering about the use of == when comparing two generators

For example:

x = [\'1\',\'2\',\'3\',\'4\',\'5\']

gen_1 = (int(ele) for         


        

Answer 1

Because generators generate their values on-demand, there isn't any way to "compare" them without actually consuming them. And if your generators generate an infinite sequence of values, such an equality test as you propose would be useless.