Calling a generator multiple times

[Bruce Eckel]

I'm trying to create a clever way to call a generator multiple
times, but the only thing I've been able to come up with is:

import random
rgen = random.Random()
def itemGenerator(dummy):
  return rgen.choice(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'])
  
print map(itemGenerator, [None]* 25)

This works, but it requires the 'dummy' argument which seems
inelegant. I'll bet someone has a better idea...

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