Javascript yield from the function nested inside generator

Question

This code generates an error:

function *giveNumbers() {
    [1, 2, 3].forEach(function(item) {
        yield item;
    })
}

This is probabl

Answer 1

This is probably because yield is inside a function that is not a generator.

Yes. You cannot use yield from callbacks.

Is there an elegant way to overcome this?

Depends on the use case. Usually there is zero reason to actually want to yield from a callback.

In your case, you want a for…of loop, which is superior to .forEach in almost every aspect anyway:

function *giveNumbers() {
    for (let item of [1, 2, 3])
        yield item;
}