From 02efb796e3b875c8a4aa1adf8a3015cdd19796cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Hansen <brendan.f.hansen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 12:37:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added: `iter.empty`

---
 core/container/iter.onyx | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/container/iter.onyx b/core/container/iter.onyx
index 80f04ed9..5e37c928 100644
--- a/core/container/iter.onyx
+++ b/core/container/iter.onyx
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ close :: (it: Iterator) {
     }
 }
 
+
+#doc """
+    Helper function to create an iterator of a type that does not produce an values.
+"""
+empty :: ($T: type_expr) -> Iterator(T) {
+    return .{
+        // CLEANUP: Fix the compiler bug that makes this not able to a closure.
+        next = #solidify ($T: type_expr, _: rawptr) -> (T, bool) {
+            return .{}, false;
+        } { T = T }
+    };
+}
+
 //
 // Implicit iterator creation
 //
-- 
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