7.5. DayNotes.genForms(): Generate forms
in phylogenetic order
This Python generator returns the sequence of BirdForm objects in order by the two-part
phylogenetic key used in the self.__txMap
dictionary.
birdnotes.py
# - - - D a y N o t e s . g e n F o r m s
def genForms ( self ):
"""Generate contained forms in phylogenetic order.
"""
#-- 1 --
# [ keyList := keys from self.txMap in ascending order ]
keyList = self.__txMap.keys()
keyList.sort()
#-- 2 --
# [ generate the values from self.__txMap in order by the
# elements of keyList ]
for key in keyList:
yield self.__txMap[key]
#-- 3 --
raise StopIteration
