processor.py

def processor(burn=1):
    def inner(gen):
        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
            g = gen(*args, **kwargs)
            for _ in range(burn):
                next(g)
            return g
        return wrapper
    return inner


from itertools import count

# say we want to skip the first 99 elements of our generator

@processor(99)
def blah():
    yield from count()

next(blah()) + sum(map(ord, 'lol'))

# or we want to init something that processes things infinitely without
# an ugly blank next() call before we start to gen.send()

@processor()
def decode_or_some_shit(encoding='utf-8'):
    buffer = b''
    while True:
        buffer = yield buffer
        buffer = buffer.decode(encoding)

decoder = decode_or_some_shit()
decoder.send(b'lololol toot toot')