[swift-evolution] [Pitch] New collection-based 'repeat' API

[Brent Royal-Gordon]

> On May 1, 2017, at 8:29 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Heck, we don't even have left padding for strings!

For what it's worth, a good Swift implementation of left-padding would probably *use* `repeatElement`:

	extension String {
		mutating func leftPad(to intendedCount: Int, with char: Character = " ") {
			let extraCount = max(intendedCount - count, 0)
			let extras = repeatElement(char, count: extraCount)
			insert(contentsOf: extras, at: startIndex)
		}
	}

And, for that matter, `repeatElement` could be used to implement "repeat this collection":

	repeatElement(c, count: n).joined()

So I agree with you, Xiaodi, that there's no rush to do this. If we change our minds later, we can always turn `Repeated<T>` into a generic typealias for `RepeatedCollection<CollectionOfOne<T>>`.

-- 
Brent Royal-Gordon
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