From 3647c03cadfce2ccaec136590a8acd8a736d0bb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cooldome <cdome@bk.ru>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:41:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] reimplement_pr_10974 (#11130)

---
 changelog.md                      |  3 +++
 lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7bebfc0e53..accea7d81f 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ proc enumToString*(enums: openArray[enum]): string =
 
 - Added `system.default`.
 
+- Added `sequtils.items` for closure iterators, allows closure iterators 
+  to be used by the the mapIt, filterIt, allIt, anyIt, etc.
+
 
 ### Library changes
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
index 2533403794..e39c1fb80f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
@@ -949,6 +949,14 @@ macro mapLiterals*(constructor, op: untyped;
   ## works for nested tuples of arrays of sets etc.
   result = mapLitsImpl(constructor, op, nested.boolVal)
 
+iterator items*[T](xs: iterator: T): T =
+  ## iterates over each element yielded by a closure iterator. This may
+  ## not seem particularly useful on its own, but this allows closure
+  ## iterators to be used by the the mapIt, filterIt, allIt, anyIt, etc.
+  ## templates.
+  for x in xs():
+    yield x
+
 when isMainModule:
   import strutils
   from algorithm import sorted
@@ -1382,5 +1390,13 @@ when isMainModule:
     doAssert outp == @[@["a", "b"], @["c", "d"]]
 
 
+  block:
+    proc iter(len: int): auto =
+      result = iterator(): int =
+        for i in 0..<len:
+          yield i
+
+    doAssert: iter(3).mapIt(2*it).foldl(a + b) == 6
+
   when not defined(testing):
     echo "Finished doc tests"