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@ -534,6 +534,11 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
              for i in range(times):
                  yield object

+   A common use for *repeat* is to supply a stream of constant values to *map*
+   or *zip*::
+
+      >>> list(map(pow, range(10), repeat(2)))
+      [0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81]

 .. function:: starmap(function, iterable)