From 455dbe47fa2572cc12dbbb4c1d224db3aa5925f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Til Boerner <tilman.boerner@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 20:08:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix element skipping for empty iterators

`next(<iter>)` raises `StopIteration` when the iterator is empty. Providing a default returns that value instead, allowing to skip elements gracefully when you don't care if they exist.
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b433f80..3146c2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Iterator
 
 #### Skips first element:
 ```python
-next(<iter>)
+next(<iter>, None)  # default of `None` avoids exception for empty <iter>
 for element in <iter>:
     ...
 ```