From a24b82e67daf190c8c0cdc04985591522d413e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:32:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add 'util.repeat()'

---
 gallery_dl/util.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index 53502ef0..751c3986 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ def advance(iterable, num):
     return iterator
 
 
+def repeat(times):
+    """Return an iterator that returns None"""
+    if times < 0:
+        return itertools.repeat(None)
+    return itertools.repeat(None, times)
+
+
 def unique(iterable):
     """Yield unique elements from 'iterable' while preserving order"""
     seen = set()