Auf meinem Weg durch die wunderbare Welt von IndexedDB stieß ich auf Code wiediese aus Mozillas Testsuite:

/**
 * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
 * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
 */

var testGenerator = testSteps();

function testSteps()
{
  const IDBObjectStore = Components.interfaces.nsIIDBObjectStore;
  const name = this.window ? window.location.pathname : "Splendid Test";
  const description = "My Test Database";

  var data = [
    { name: "inline key; key generator",
      autoIncrement: true,
      storedObject: {name: "Lincoln"},
      keyName: "id",
      keyValue: undefined,
    },
    { name: "inline key; no key generator",
      autoIncrement: false,
      storedObject: {id: 1, name: "Lincoln"},
      keyName: "id",
      keyValue: undefined,
    },
    { name: "out of line key; key generator",
      autoIncrement: true,
      storedObject: {name: "Lincoln"},
      keyName: undefined,
      keyValue: undefined,
    },
    { name: "out of line key; no key generator",
      autoIncrement: false,
      storedObject: {name: "Lincoln"},
      keyName: null,
      keyValue: 1,
    }
  ];

  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    let test = data[i];

    let request = mozIndexedDB.open(name, i+1, description);
    request.onerror = errorHandler;
    request.onupgradeneeded = grabEventAndContinueHandler;
    let event = yield;

    let db = event.target.result;

    let objectStore = db.createObjectStore(test.name,
                                           { keyPath: test.keyName,
                                             autoIncrement: test.autoIncrement });

    request = objectStore.add(test.storedObject, test.keyValue);
    request.onerror = errorHandler;
    request.onsuccess = grabEventAndContinueHandler;
    event = yield;

    let id = event.target.result;
    request = objectStore.get(id);
    request.onerror = errorHandler;
    request.onsuccess = grabEventAndContinueHandler;
    event = yield;

    // Sanity check!
    is(test.storedObject.name, event.target.result.name,
                  "The correct object was stored.");

    request = objectStore.delete(id);
    request.onerror = errorHandler;
    request.onsuccess = grabEventAndContinueHandler;
    event = yield;

    // Make sure it was removed.
    request = objectStore.get(id);
    request.onerror = errorHandler;
    request.onsuccess = grabEventAndContinueHandler;
    event = yield;

    ok(event.target.result === undefined, "Object was deleted");
    db.close();
  }

  finishTest();
  yield;
}

Ihre anderen Tests sind in einem ähnlichen Stil geschrieben, im Gegensatz zu dem typischen "Pyramid of Doom" -Stil, den Sie bei IndexedDB sehen, weil asynchrone Callbacks zusammengestapelt sind (und Generatoren werden natürlich über Firefox hinaus kaum unterstützt).

Also, dieser Code von Mozilla ist etwas ansprechend und faszinierend für mich, da er sehr sauber aussieht, aber ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, wasyield tut in diesem Zusammenhang. Kann mir jemand helfen, das zu verstehen?