# Iteration protocols — Forwarding errors

> Some built-in syntaxes wrap an iterator into another iterator.

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Some built-in syntaxes wrap an iterator into another iterator. They include the iterator produced by {{jsxref("Iterator.from()")}}, iterator helper methods (map(), filter(), take(), drop(), and flatMap()), yield, and a hidden wrapper when you use async iteration (for await...of, Array.fromAsync) on sync iterators. The wrapped iterator is then responsible for forwarding errors between the inner iterator and the caller.

All wrapper iterators directly forward the next() method of the inner iterator, including its return value and thrown errors. Wrapper iterators generally directly forward the return() method of the inner iterator. If the return() method doesn't exist on the inner iterator, it returns { done: true, value: undefined } instead. In the case of iterator helpers: if the iterator helper's next() method has not been called, after trying to call return() on the inner iterator, the current iterator always returns { done: true, value: undefined }. This is consistent with generator functions where execution hasn't entered the yield expression yet. yield is the only built-in syntax that forwards the throw() method of the inner iterator. For information on how yield forwards the return() and throw() methods, see its own reference.

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