From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:16:52 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix-up doc for itertools.repeat().  A -1 translates to zero repetitions, not infinite... 
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Fix-up doc for itertools.repeat().  A -1 translates to zero repetitions, not infinite repetitions.  This matches the behavior of ['x']*n.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index e6a9fe2e71..7baa5e10de 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
                yield tuple(prod)
 
 
-.. function:: repeat(object, times=-1)
+.. function:: repeat(object[, times])
 
    Make an iterator that returns *object* over and over again. Runs indefinitely
    unless the *times* argument is specified. Used as argument to :func:`map` for