def _repeat_iter(input_iter):
    """Iterate over the input iter values. Then repeat the last value
    indefinitely. This is useful to repeat seed values when an insufficient
    number of seeds are provided.

    E.g. KISS(1) effectively becomes KISS(1, 1, 1, 1), rather than (if we just
    used default values) KISS(1, default-value, default-value, default-value)

    It is better to repeat the last seed value, rather than just using default
    values. Given two generators seeded with an insufficient number of seeds,
    repeating the last seed value means their states are more different from
    each other, with less correlation between their generated outputs.
    """
    last_value = None
    for value in input_iter:
        last_value = value
        yield value
    if last_value is not None:
        while True:
            yield last_value
def _repeat_iter ( input_iter ) : last_value = None for value in input_iter : last_value = value yield value if last_value is not None : while True : yield last_value
Iterate over the input iter values. Then repeat the last value
    indefinitely. This is useful to repeat seed values when an insufficient
    number of seeds are provided.

    E.g. KISS(1) effectively becomes KISS(1, 1, 1, 1), rather than (if we just
    used default values) KISS(1, default-value, default-value, default-value)

    It is better to repeat the last seed value, rather than just using default
    values. Given two generators seeded with an insufficient number of seeds,
    repeating the last seed value means their states are more different from
    each other, with less correlation between their generated outputs.