On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 3:29 AM Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> wrote:
09.12.19 07:41, Guido van Rossum пише:
> Nobody is going to write a blog post about 2-arg next() (there just
> isn't enough for more than a sentence or two) but people write tutorials
> about itertools all the time, since it's such a rich module. So I think
> it's likely that first() will get some exposure that way.

Would not adding a recipe in the itertools documentation or the tutorial
help?

Not nearly as much as just adding the function. We'll be doing humanity a favor if we just add it.

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