Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Ned Batchelder @nedbat@hachyderm.io

2/28/2026, 9:12:34 PM

Public

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@nedbat/116150179474021938

The answer to the mystery: because my function had a `yield` in it, it was compiled as a generator. But executing the function never ran `yield`, so iterating it produced an empty sequence. The value from the return statement is ignored.

TBH, I know there is a way to get the returned value, but I have never needed to, and I don't know how.

The solution was to delete the code after the return.

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