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Author vajrasky
Recipients vajrasky
Date 2013-10-02.15:23:15
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>>> from itertools import repeat
>>> repeat(2, -10).__length_hint__()
0
>>> repeat(2, times=-10).__length_hint__()
18446744073709551606
>>> repeat(2, times=-10)
repeat(2, -10)
>>> repeat(2, -10)
repeat(2, 0)

Hereby, I attached two alternatives of patch to make the behaviour consistent.

The first one makes the negative number parameter/keyword ALWAYS means endless.
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