itertools 0.8.2

Extra iterator adaptors, iterator methods, free functions, and macros.
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Itertools
=========

Extra iterator adaptors, functions and macros.

Please read the `API documentation here`__

__ https://docs.rs/itertools/

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How to use with cargo:

.. code:: toml

    [dependencies]
    itertools = "0.8"

How to use in your crate:

.. code:: rust

    #[macro_use] extern crate itertools;

    use itertools::Itertools;

How to contribute
-----------------

- Fix a bug or implement a new thing
- Include tests for your new feature, preferably a quickcheck test
- Make a Pull Request

For new features, please first consider filing a PR to `rust-lang/rust <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/>`_,
adding your new feature to the `Iterator` trait of the standard library, if you believe it is reasonable.
If it isn't accepted there, proposing it for inclusion in ``itertools`` is a good idea.
The reason for doing is this is so that we avoid future breakage as with ``.flatten()``.
However, if your feature involves heap allocation, such as storing elements in a ``Vec<T>``,
then it can't be accepted into ``libcore``, and you should propose it for ``itertools`` directly instead.

Recent Changes
--------------
- 0.8.2

  - Use :code:`slice::iter` instead of :code:`into_iter` to avoid future breakage (`#378 <https://github.com/rust-itertools/itertools/pull/378>`_, by `@LukasKalbertodt <https://github.com/LukasKalbertodt>`_)

- 0.8.1

  - Added a `.exactly_one() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.exactly_one>`_
    iterator method that, on success, extracts the single value of an
    iterator
    ; by `@Xaeroxe <https://github.com/Xaeroxe>`_

  - Added combinatory iterator adaptors:

    - `.permutations(k) <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.permutations>`_:

      ``[0, 1, 2].iter().permutations(2)`` yields

      .. code:: rust

        [
            vec![0, 1],
            vec![0, 2],
            vec![1, 0],
            vec![1, 2],
            vec![2, 0],
            vec![2, 1],
        ]

      ; by `@tobz1000 <https://github.com/tobz1000>`_

    - `.combinations_with_replacement(k) <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.combinations_with_replacement>`_:

      ``[0, 1, 2].iter().combinations_with_replacement(2)`` yields

      .. code:: rust

        [
            vec![0, 0],
            vec![0, 1],
            vec![0, 2],
            vec![1, 1],
            vec![1, 2],
            vec![2, 2],
        ]

      ; by `@tommilligan <https://github.com/tommilligan>`_

    - For reference, these methods join the already existing
      `.combinations(k) <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.combinations>`_:

      ``[0, 1, 2].iter().combinations(2)`` yields

      .. code:: rust

        [
            vec![0, 1],
            vec![0, 2],
            vec![1, 2],
        ]

  - Improved the performance of `.fold() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.fold>`_-based internal iteration for the
    `.intersperse() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.intersperse>`_ iterator
    ; by `@jswrenn <https://github.com/jswrenn>`_

  - Added
    `.dedup_by() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.dedup_by>`_,
    `.merge_by() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.merge_by>`_
    and `.kmerge_by() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.kmerge_by>`_
    adaptors that work like
    `.dedup() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.dedup>`_,
    `.merge() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.merge>`_ and
    `.kmerge() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.kmerge>`_,
    but taking an additional custom comparison closure parameter.
    ; by `@phimuemue <https://github.com/phimuemue>`_

  - Improved the performance of `.all_equal() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.all_equal>`_
    ; by `@fyrchik <https://github.com/fyrchik>`_

  - Loosened the bounds on `.partition_map() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.partition_map>`_
    to take just a ``FnMut`` closure rather than a ``Fn`` closure, and made its
    implementation use internal iteration for better performance
    ; by `@danielhenrymantilla <https://github.com/danielhenrymantilla>`_

  - Added convenience methods to
    `EitherOrBoth <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/enum.EitherOrBoth.html>`_ elements yielded from the
    `.zip_longest() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.zip_longest>`_ iterator adaptor
    ; by `@Avi-D-coder <https://github.com/Avi-D-coder>`_

  - Added `.sum1() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.sum1>`_
    and `.product1() <https://docs.rs/itertools/0.8.1/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.product1>`_
    iterator methods that respectively try to return the sum and the product of
    the elements of an iterator **when it is not empty**, otherwise they return
    ``None``
    ; by `@Emerentius <https://github.com/Emerentius>`_

- 0.8.0

  - Added new adaptor ``.map_into()`` for conversions using ``Into`` by @vorner
  - Improved ``Itertools`` docs by @JohnHeitmann
  - The return type of ``.sorted/_by/_by_key()`` is now an iterator, not a Vec.
  - The return type of the ``izip!(x, y)`` macro with exactly two arguments
    is now the usual ``Iterator::zip``.
  - Remove ``.flatten()`` in favour of std's ``.flatten()``
  - Deprecate ``.foreach()`` in favour of std's ``.for_each()``
  - Deprecate ``.step()`` in favour of std's ``.step_by()``
  - Deprecate ``repeat_call`` in favour of std's ``repeat_with``
  - Deprecate ``.fold_while()`` in favour of std's ``.try_fold()``
  - Require Rust 1.24 as minimal version.

- 0.7.11

  - Add convenience methods to ``EitherOrBoth``, making it more similar to ``Option``
    and ``Either`` by @jethrogb

- 0.7.10

  - No changes.

- 0.7.9

  - New inclusion policy: See the readme about suggesting features for std before
    accepting them in itertools.
  - The ``FoldWhile`` type now implements ``Eq`` and ``PartialEq`` by @jturner314

- 0.7.8

  - Add new iterator method ``.tree_fold1()`` which is like ``.fold1()``
    except items are combined in a tree structure (see its docs).
    By @scottmcm
  - Add more ``Debug`` impls by @phimuemue: KMerge, KMergeBy, MergeJoinBy,
    ConsTuples, Intersperse, ProcessResults, RcIter, Tee, TupleWindows, Tee,
    ZipLongest, ZipEq, Zip.

- 0.7.7

  - Add new iterator method ``.into_group_map() -> HashMap<K, Vec<V>>``
    which turns an iterator of ``(K, V)`` elements into such a hash table,
    where values are grouped by key. By @tobz1000
  - Add new free function ``flatten`` for the ``.flatten()`` adaptor.
    **NOTE:** recent Rust nightlies have ``Iterator::flatten`` and thus a clash
    with our flatten adaptor. One workaround is to use the itertools ``flatten``
    free function.

- 0.7.6

  - Add new adaptor ``.multi_cartesian_product()`` which is an n-ary product
    iterator by @tobz1000
  - Add new method ``.sorted_by_key()`` by @Xion
  - Provide simpler and faster ``.count()`` for ``.unique()`` and ``.unique_by()``

- 0.7.5

  - ``.multipeek()`` now implements ``PeekingNext``, by @nicopap.

- 0.7.4

  - Add new adaptor ``.update()`` by @lucasem; this adaptor is used
    to modify an element before passing it on in an iterator chain.

- 0.7.3

  - Add new method ``.collect_tuple()`` by @matklad; it makes a tuple out of
    the iterator's elements if the number of them matches **exactly**.
  - Implement ``fold`` and ``collect`` for ``.map_results()`` which means
    it reuses the code of the standard ``.map()`` for these methods.

- 0.7.2

  - Add new adaptor ``.merge_join_by`` by @srijs; a heterogeneous merge join
    for two ordered sequences.

- 0.7.1

  - Iterator adaptors and iterators in itertools now use the same ``must_use``
    reminder that the standard library adaptors do, by @matematikaedit and @bluss
    *“iterator adaptors are lazy and do nothing unless consumed”*.

- 0.7.0

  - Faster ``izip!()`` by @krdln

    - ``izip!()`` is now a wrapper for repeated regular ``.zip()`` and
      a single ``.map()``. This means it optimizes as well as the standard
      library ``.zip()`` it uses.
      **Note:** ``multizip`` and ``izip!()`` are now different! The former
      has a named type but the latter optimizes better.

  - Faster ``.unique()``

  - ``no_std`` support, which is opt-in!

    - Many lovable features are still there without std, like ``izip!()``
      or ``.format()`` or ``.merge()``, but not those that use collections.

  - Trait bounds were required up front instead of just on the type:
    ``group_by``'s ``PartialEq`` by @Phlosioneer and ``repeat_call``'s
    ``FnMut``.
  - Removed deprecated constructor ``Zip::new`` — use ``izip!()`` or ``multizip()``

- 0.6.5

  - Fix bug in ``.cartesian_product()``'s fold (which only was visible for
    unfused iterators).

- 0.6.4

  - Add specific ``fold`` implementations for ``.cartesian_product()`` and
    ``cons_tuples()``, which improves their performance in fold, foreach, and
    iterator consumers derived from them.

- 0.6.3

  - Add iterator adaptor ``.positions(predicate)`` by @tmccombs

- 0.6.2

  - Add function ``process_results`` which can “lift” a function of the regular
    values of an iterator so that it can process the ``Ok`` values from an
    iterator of ``Results`` instead, by @shepmaster
  - Add iterator method ``.concat()`` which combines all iterator elements
    into a single collection using the ``Extend`` trait, by @srijs

- 0.6.1

  - Better size hint testing and subsequent size hint bugfixes by @rkarp.
    Fixes bugs in product, interleave_shortest size hints.
  - New iterator method ``.all_equal()`` by @phimuemue

- 0.6.0

  - Deprecated names were removed in favour of their replacements
  - ``.flatten()`` does not implement double ended iteration anymore
  - ``.fold_while()`` uses ``&mut self`` and returns ``FoldWhile<T>``, for
    composability (#168)
  - ``.foreach()`` and ``.fold1()`` use ``self``, like ``.fold()`` does.
  - ``.combinations(0)`` now produces a single empty vector. (#174)

- 0.5.10

  - Add itertools method ``.kmerge_by()`` (and corresponding free function)
  - Relaxed trait requirement of ``.kmerge()`` and ``.minmax()`` to PartialOrd.

- 0.5.9

  - Add multipeek method ``.reset_peek()``
  - Add categories

- 0.5.8

  - Add iterator adaptor ``.peeking_take_while()`` and its trait ``PeekingNext``.

- 0.5.7

  - Add iterator adaptor ``.with_position()``
  - Fix multipeek's performance for long peeks by using ``VecDeque``.

- 0.5.6

  - Add ``.map_results()``

- 0.5.5

  - Many more adaptors now implement ``Debug``
  - Add free function constructor ``repeat_n``. ``RepeatN::new`` is now
    deprecated.

- 0.5.4

  - Add infinite generator function ``iterate``, that takes a seed and a
    closure.

- 0.5.3

  - Special-cased ``.fold()`` for flatten and put back. ``.foreach()``
    now uses fold on the iterator, to pick up any iterator specific loop
    implementation.
  - ``.combinations(n)`` asserts up front that ``n != 0``, instead of
    running into an error on the second iterator element.

- 0.5.2

  - Add ``.tuples::<T>()`` that iterates by two, three or four elements at
    a time (where ``T`` is a tuple type).
  - Add ``.tuple_windows::<T>()`` that iterates using a window of the
    two, three or four most recent elements.
  - Add ``.next_tuple::<T>()`` method, that picks the next two, three or four
    elements in one go.
  - ``.interleave()`` now has an accurate size hint.

- 0.5.1

  - Workaround module/function name clash that made racer crash on completing
    itertools. Only internal changes needed.

- 0.5.0

  - `Release announcement <http://bluss.github.io/rust/2016/09/26/itertools-0.5.0/>`_
  - Renamed:

    - combinations is now tuple_combinations
    - combinations_n to combinations
    - group_by_lazy, chunks_lazy to group_by, chunks
    - Unfold::new to unfold()
    - RepeatCall::new to repeat_call()
    - Zip::new to multizip
    - PutBack::new, PutBackN::new to put_back, put_back_n
    - PutBack::with_value is now a builder setter, not a constructor
    - MultiPeek::new, .multipeek() to multipeek()
    - format to format_with and format_default to format
    - .into_rc() to rciter
    - ``Partition`` enum is now ``Either``

  - Module reorganization:

    - All iterator structs are under ``itertools::structs`` but also
      reexported to the top level, for backwards compatibility
    - All free functions are reexported at the root, ``itertools::free`` will
      be removed in the next version

  - Removed:

    - ZipSlices, use .zip() instead
    - .enumerate_from(), ZipTrusted, due to being unstable
    - .mend_slices(), moved to crate odds
    - Stride, StrideMut, moved to crate odds
    - linspace(), moved to crate itertools-num
    - .sort_by(), use .sorted_by()
    - .is_empty_hint(), use .size_hint()
    - .dropn(), use .dropping()
    - .map_fn(), use .map()
    - .slice(), use .take() / .skip()
    - helper traits in misc
    - ``new`` constructors on iterator structs, use Itertools trait or free
      functions instead
    - ``itertools::size_hint`` is now private

  - Behaviour changes:

    - format and format_with helpers now panic if you try to format them more
      than once.
    - ``repeat_call`` is not double ended anymore

  - New features:

    - tuple flattening iterator is constructible with ``cons_tuples``
    - itertools reexports ``Either`` from the ``either`` crate. ``Either<L, R>``
      is an iterator when ``L, R`` are.
    - ``MinMaxResult`` now implements Copy and Clone
    - tuple_combinations supports 1-4 tuples of combinations (previously just 2)

- 0.4.19

  - Add ``.minmax_by()``
  - Add ``itertools::free::cloned``
  - Add ``itertools::free::rciter``
  - Improve ``.step(n)`` slightly to take advantage of specialized Fuse better.

- 0.4.18

  - Only changes related to the "unstable" crate feature. This feature is more
    or less deprecated.

    - Use deprecated warnings when unstable is enabled. .enumerate_from() will
      be removed imminently since it's using a deprecated libstd trait.

- 0.4.17

  - Fix bug in .kmerge() that caused it to often produce the wrong order (#134)

- 0.4.16

  - Improve precision of the interleave_shortest adaptor's size hint (it is
    now computed exactly when possible).

- 0.4.15

  - Fixup on top of the workaround in 0.4.14. A function in itertools::free was
    removed by mistake and now it is added back again.

- 0.4.14

  - Workaround an upstream regression in a rust nightly build that broke
    compilation of of itertools::free::{interleave, merge}

- 0.4.13

  - Add .minmax() and .minmax_by_key(), iterator methods for finding both minimum
    and maximum in one scan.
  - Add .format_default(), a simpler version of .format() (lazy formatting
    for iterators).

- 0.4.12

  - Add .zip_eq(), an adaptor like .zip() except it ensures iterators
    of inequal length don't pass silently (instead it panics).
  - Add .fold_while(), an iterator method that is a fold that
    can short-circuit.
  - Add .partition_map(), an iterator method that can separate elements
    into two collections.

- 0.4.11

  - Add .get() for Stride{,Mut} and .get_mut() for StrideMut

- 0.4.10

  - Improve performance of .kmerge()

- 0.4.9

  - Add k-ary merge adaptor .kmerge()
  - Fix a bug in .islice() with ranges a..b where a > b.

- 0.4.8

  - Implement Clone, Debug for Linspace

- 0.4.7

  - Add function diff_with() that compares two iterators
  - Add .combinations_n(), an n-ary combinations iterator
  - Add methods PutBack::with_value and PutBack::into_parts.

- 0.4.6

  - Add method .sorted()
  - Add module ``itertools::free`` with free function variants of common
    iterator adaptors and methods.
    For example ``enumerate(iterable)``, ``rev(iterable)``, and so on.

- 0.4.5

  - Add .flatten()

- 0.4.4

  - Allow composing ZipSlices with itself

- 0.4.3

  - Write iproduct!() as a single expression; this allows temporary values
    in its arguments.

- 0.4.2

  - Add .fold_options()
  - Require Rust 1.1 or later

- 0.4.1

  - Update .dropping() to take advantage of .nth()

- 0.4.0

  - .merge(), .unique() and .dedup() now perform better due to not using
    function pointers
  - Add free functions enumerate() and rev()
  - Breaking changes:

    - Return types of .merge() and .merge_by() renamed and changed
    - Method Merge::new removed
    - .merge_by() now takes a closure that returns bool.
    - Return type of .dedup() changed
    - Return type of .mend_slices() changed
    - Return type of .unique() changed
    - Removed function times(), struct Times: use a range instead
    - Removed deprecated macro icompr!()
    - Removed deprecated FnMap and method .fn_map(): use .map_fn()
    - .interleave_shortest() is no longer guaranteed to act like fused

- 0.3.25

  - Rename .sort_by() to .sorted_by(). Old name is deprecated.
  - Fix well-formedness warnings from RFC 1214, no user visible impact

- 0.3.24

  - Improve performance of .merge()'s ordering function slightly

- 0.3.23

  - Added .chunks(), similar to (and based on) .group_by_lazy().
  - Tweak linspace to match numpy.linspace and make it double ended.

- 0.3.22

  - Added ZipSlices, a fast zip for slices

- 0.3.21

  - Remove `Debug` impl for `Format`, it will have different use later

- 0.3.20

  - Optimize .group_by_lazy()

- 0.3.19

  - Added .group_by_lazy(), a possibly nonallocating group by
  - Added .format(), a nonallocating formatting helper for iterators
  - Remove uses of RandomAccessIterator since it has been deprecated in rust.

- 0.3.17

  - Added (adopted) Unfold from rust

- 0.3.16

  - Added adaptors .unique(), .unique_by()

- 0.3.15

  - Added method .sort_by()

- 0.3.14

  - Added adaptor .while_some()

- 0.3.13

  - Added adaptor .interleave_shortest()
  - Added adaptor .pad_using()

- 0.3.11

  - Added assert_equal function

- 0.3.10

  - Bugfix .combinations() size_hint.

- 0.3.8

  - Added source RepeatCall

- 0.3.7

  - Added adaptor PutBackN
  - Added adaptor .combinations()

- 0.3.6

  - Added itertools::partition, partition a sequence in place based on a predicate.
  - Deprecate icompr!() with no replacement.

- 0.3.5

  - .map_fn() replaces deprecated .fn_map().

- 0.3.4

  - .take_while_ref() *by-ref adaptor*
  - .coalesce() *adaptor*
  - .mend_slices() *adaptor*

- 0.3.3

  - .dropping_back() *method*
  - .fold1() *method*
  - .is_empty_hint() *method*

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