Issue 5032: added a step argument to itertools.count() and allowed non-integer arguments.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 240baf0..4dfc083 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -200,20 +200,23 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
    .. versionadded:: 2.7
 
 
-.. function:: count([n])
+.. function:: count(n=0, step=1)
 
-   Make an iterator that returns consecutive integers starting with *n*. If not
-   specified *n* defaults to zero.   Often used as an argument to :func:`imap` to
-   generate consecutive data points. Also, used with :func:`izip` to add sequence
-   numbers.  Equivalent to::
+   Make an iterator that returns evenly spaced values starting with *n*. Often
+   used as an argument to :func:`imap` to generate consecutive data points.
+   Also, used with :func:`izip` to add sequence numbers.  Equivalent to::
 
-      def count(n=0):
+      def count(n=0, step=1):
           # count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ...
+          # count(2.5, 0.5) -> 3.5 3.0 4.5 ...
           while True:
               yield n
-              n += 1
+              n += step
 
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.7
+      added *step* argument and allowed non-integer arguments.
+
 .. function:: cycle(iterable)
 
    Make an iterator returning elements from the iterable and saving a copy of each.