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authorBrian Curtin <brian@python.org>2012-02-01 21:20:03 (GMT)
committerBrian Curtin <brian@python.org>2012-02-01 21:20:03 (GMT)
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@@ -534,6 +534,11 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
for i in range(times):
yield object
+ A common use for *repeat* is to supply a stream of constant values to *map*
+ or *zip*::
+
+ >>> list(map(pow, range(10), repeat(2)))
+ [0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81]
.. function:: starmap(function, iterable)