Add consume() recipe to itertools docs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 8855a46..2c79b06 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -615,6 +615,10 @@
"Return function(0), function(1), ..."
return map(function, count(start))
+ def consume(iterator, n):
+ "Advance the iterator n-steps ahead. If n is none, consume entirely."
+ collections.deque(islice(iterator, n), maxlen=0)
+
def nth(iterable, n, default=None):
"Returns the nth item or a default value"
return next(islice(iterable, n, None), default)