Method _get_values

Lib/importlib/metadata/_itertools.py:133–157

Helper to yield items from the parent iterator that match *value*. Items that don't match are stored in the local cache as they are encountered.

(self, value)

        return True

    def _get_values(self, value):
        """
        Helper to yield items from the parent iterator that match *value*.
        Items that don't match are stored in the local cache as they
        are encountered.
        """
        while True:
            # If we've cached some items that match the target value, emit
            # the first one and evict it from the cache.
            if self._cache[value]:
                yield self._cache[value].popleft()
            # Otherwise we need to advance the parent iterator to search for
            # a matching item, caching the rest.
            else:
                while True:
                    try:
                        item = next(self._it)
                    except StopIteration:
                        return
                    item_value = self._key(item)
                    if item_value == value:
                        yield item
                        break
                    elif self._validator(item_value):
                        self._cache[item_value].append(item)

    def __iter__(self):
        for item in self._it: