Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment:

It will fail for infinite and very large iterables. It can cause performing 
unexpected operations. Examples:

    zip(itertools.count(), itertools.repeat(None))

    zip(file1, file2)

In general, the repr of the iterator should not change it state. But your 
proposition exhausts it.

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nosy: +serhiy.storchaka

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