Method __iter__

django/db/models/query.py:419–435

The queryset iterator protocol uses three nested iterators in the default case: 1. sql.compiler.execute_sql() - Returns 100 rows at time (constants.GET_ITERATOR_CHUNK_SIZE) using cursor.fetchmany(). This part is responsible for

(self)

        return len(self._result_cache)

    def __iter__(self):
        """
        The queryset iterator protocol uses three nested iterators in the
        default case:
            1. sql.compiler.execute_sql()
               - Returns 100 rows at time (constants.GET_ITERATOR_CHUNK_SIZE)
                 using cursor.fetchmany(). This part is responsible for
                 doing some column masking, and returning the rows in chunks.
            2. sql.compiler.results_iter()
               - Returns one row at time. At this point the rows are still just
                 tuples. In some cases the return values are converted to
                 Python values at this location.
            3. self.iterator()
               - Responsible for turning the rows into model objects.
        """
        self._fetch_all()
        return iter(self._result_cache)

    def __aiter__(self):
        # Remember, __aiter__ itself is synchronous, it's the thing it returns