def list_image(root, recursive, exts):
    """Traverses the root of directory that contains images and
    generates image list iterator.
    Parameters
    ----------
    root: string
    recursive: bool
    exts: string
    Returns
    -------
    image iterator that contains all the image under the specified path
    """

    i = 0
    if recursive:
        cat = {}
        for path, dirs, files in os.walk(root, followlinks=True):
            dirs.sort()
            files.sort()
            for fname in files:
                fpath = os.path.join(path, fname)
                suffix = os.path.splitext(fname)[1].lower()
                if os.path.isfile(fpath) and (suffix in exts):
                    if path not in cat:
                        cat[path] = len(cat)
                    yield (i, os.path.relpath(fpath, root), cat[path])
                    i += 1
        for k, v in sorted(cat.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]):
            print(os.path.relpath(k, root), v)
    else:
        for fname in sorted(os.listdir(root)):
            fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
            suffix = os.path.splitext(fname)[1].lower()
            if os.path.isfile(fpath) and (suffix in exts):
                yield (i, os.path.relpath(fpath, root), 0)
                i += 1