import inspect import itertools class ReusableGenerator: def __init__(self, generator, gen_argv=[], gen_kwargs={}): self._generator = generator self._gen_kwargs = gen_kwargs self._gen_argv = gen_argv def get_generator(self): return self._generator def get_gen_kwargs(self): return self._gen_kwargs def construct(self): return self._generator(*self._gen_argv, **self._gen_kwargs) def __iter__(self): return iter(self.construct()) def __call__(self): yield from self.construct() def __repr__(self): return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self._generator.__name__}, gen_argv={self._gen_argv}, gen_kwargs={self._gen_kwargs})" if __name__ == "__main__": from itertools import chain, islice # Creating objects of MyIterable iterable1 = ReusableGenerator(range, gen_argv=[1, 4]) iterable2 = ReusableGenerator(range, gen_argv=[4, 7]) # Using itertools.chain chained = list(chain(iterable1, iterable2)) print(chained) # Prints: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] # Using itertools.islice sliced = list(islice(ReusableGenerator(range, gen_argv=[1, 7]), 1, 4)) print(sliced) # Prints: [2, 3, 4] # now same test with generators def generator(start, end): for i in range(start, end): yield i iterable1 = ReusableGenerator(generator, gen_argv=[1, 4]) iterable2 = ReusableGenerator(generator, gen_argv=[4, 7]) chained = list(chain(iterable1, iterable2)) print(chained) # Prints: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] sliced = list(islice(ReusableGenerator(generator, gen_argv=[1, 7]), 1, 4)) print(sliced) # Prints: [2, 3, 4]