[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset f66c30f66235 by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7': Issue 25926: Clarify that the pure python equivalents are only approximate. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f66c30f66235 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 613314c3f9ed by Raymond Hettinger in branch '3.5': Issue 25926: Clarify that the pure python equivalents are only approximate. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/613314c3f9ed New changeset e67e970de54a by Raymond Hettinger in branch 'default':

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Nofar Schnider added the comment: Attached a diff All occurrences of "equivalent to" are switched to "roughly equivalent to" -- hgrepos: +345 keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43026/issue25926.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Changes by Nofar Schnider : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file43025/itertools.rst ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Nofar Schnider added the comment: Issue #25926 Changed all "equivalent to" occurrences to "roughly equivalent to" -- hgrepos: +344 nosy: +Nofar Schnider Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43025/itertools.rst ___ Python tracker

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I'm okay with changing the docs to "roughly equivalent to". That will help prevent the occasional misreading as "precisely equivalent in every respect". -- priority: normal -> low ___ Python tracker

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Changes by Serhiy Storchaka : -- assignee: -> rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

Camilla Montonen added the comment: Should 'roughly equivalent to' be added as a note to the docs? -- nosy: +Winterflower ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

New submission from Thomas Feldmann: According to the docs `itertools.repeat(object[, times])` is equivalent to ``` def repeat(object, times=None): # repeat(10, 3) --> 10 10 10 if times is None: while True: yield object else: for i in range(times):

[issue25926] problems with "times" keyword in itertools.repeat

R. David Murray added the comment: Huh. I always thought the wording was "roughly equivalent to". This is a consequence of C vs python, and is the reason the docstring uses the [] notation. -- nosy: +r.david.murray, rhettinger ___ Python tracker