From 0b813e131f6316b73706e6a923645cda0d06e0f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Strachan <james.strachan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:40:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added simpler take() implementation

---
 libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Iterators.kt | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Iterators.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Iterators.kt
index 7eea6b7d31e..38b3bf5a942 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Iterators.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/Iterators.kt
@@ -155,11 +155,8 @@ public inline fun <in T> java.util.Iterator<T?>.requireNoNulls(): java.util.Iter
  * @includeFunctionBody ../../test/iterators/IteratorsTest.kt takeExtractsTheFirstNElements
  */
 public inline fun <T> java.util.Iterator<T>.take(n: Int): java.util.Iterator<T> {
-    fun countTo(n: Int): (T) -> Boolean {
-        var count = 0
-        return { ++count; count <= n }
-    }
-    return takeWhile(countTo(n))
+    var count = n
+    return takeWhile{ --count >= 0 }
 }
 
 /**