references returns an iterator because why not?

sdk/references.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sdk
 
 import (
+	"iter"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -21,20 +22,18 @@ type Reference struct {
 var mentionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\bnostr:((note|npub|naddr|nevent|nprofile)1\w+)\b|#\[(\d+)\]`)
 
 // ParseReferences parses both NIP-08 and NIP-27 references in a single unifying interface.
-func ParseReferences(evt *nostr.Event) []*Reference {
+func ParseReferences(evt nostr.Event) iter.Seq[Reference] {
-	var references []*Reference
+	return func(yield func(Reference) bool) {
-	content := evt.Content
-
 		for _, ref := range mentionRegex.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(evt.Content, -1) {
-		reference := &Reference{
+			reference := Reference{
-			Text:  content[ref[0]:ref[1]],
+				Text:  evt.Content[ref[0]:ref[1]],
 				Start: ref[0],
 				End:   ref[1],
 			}
 
 			if ref[6] == -1 {
 				// didn't find a NIP-10 #[0] reference, so it's a NIP-27 mention
-			nip19code := content[ref[2]:ref[3]]
+				nip19code := evt.Content[ref[2]:ref[3]]
 
 				if prefix, data, err := nip19.Decode(nip19code); err == nil {
 					switch prefix {
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func ParseReferences(evt *nostr.Event) []*Reference {
 			} else {
 				// it's a NIP-10 mention.
 				// parse the number, get data from event tags.
-			n := content[ref[6]:ref[7]]
+				n := evt.Content[ref[6]:ref[7]]
 				idx, err := strconv.Atoi(n)
 				if err != nil || len(evt.Tags) <= idx {
 					continue
@@ -101,8 +100,9 @@ func ParseReferences(evt *nostr.Event) []*Reference {
 				}
 			}
 
-		references = append(references, reference)
+			if !yield(reference) {
+				return
+			}
+		}
 	}
-
-	return references
 }