Python生成器-yield关键字

今天在看廖雪峰Python教程的时候，看到协程。用了生产者—消费者模型来举例Python中generator中yield关键字对协程一定程度上的支持：
代码来自：
http://www.liaoxuefeng.com/wiki/001374738125095c955c1e6d8bb493182103fac9270762a000/0013868328689835ecd883d910145dfa8227b539725e5ed000

import time

def consumer():
    r = ''
    while True:
        n = yield r
        if not n:
            return
        print('[CONSUMER] Consuming %s...' % n)
        time.sleep(1)
        r = '200 OK'

def produce(c):
    c.next()
   #x = c.next()
   #print x   //x=' '
    n = 0
    while n < 5:
        n = n + 1
        print('[PRODUCER] Producing %s...' % n)
        r = c.send(n)
        print('[PRODUCER] Consumer return: %s' % r)
    c.close()

if __name__=='__main__':
    c = consumer()
    produce(c)

输出结果：

[PRODUCER] Producing 1...
[CONSUMER] Consuming 1...
[PRODUCER] Consumer return: 200 OK
[PRODUCER] Producing 2...
[CONSUMER] Consuming 2...
[PRODUCER] Consumer return: 200 OK
[PRODUCER] Producing 3...
[CONSUMER] Consuming 3...
[PRODUCER] Consumer return: 200 OK
[PRODUCER] Producing 4...
[CONSUMER] Consuming 4...
[PRODUCER] Consumer return: 200 OK
[PRODUCER] Producing 5...
[CONSUMER] Consuming 5...
[PRODUCER] Consumer return: 200 OK

在调用c.next()的时候，触发生成器，执行到n=yield r的时候回到produce函数，并将r的值返回，可以将c.next()的值赋值给变量，然后输出查看。
继续执行的c.send(n)，将n的值赋给yield表达式，即consumer中n = yield r =10，而c.send(n)的返回值就是下次执行n=yield r中yield的参数r.
第一次调用的时候，需要使用c.next(),或者c.send(None)
推荐几篇yield相关的文章：
http://www.jb51.net/article/15717.htm
http://www.cnblogs.com/huxi/archive/2011/07/14/2106863.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/opensource/os-cn-python-yield/