From 05bf6bcfaeb7b3803f0a3a79c273e6ee8b5ff3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tesuji <15225902+tesuji@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:51:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest `str::repeat` over
 `iter::repeat().take().collect()`

Using ../../std syntax because of difficulty link alloc stuff to core.
---
 core/src/iter/sources/repeat.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/src/iter/sources/repeat.rs b/core/src/iter/sources/repeat.rs
index 0168b11c7394a..243f938bce2af 100644
--- a/core/src/iter/sources/repeat.rs
+++ b/core/src/iter/sources/repeat.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ use crate::num::NonZero;
 /// Infinite iterators like `repeat()` are often used with adapters like
 /// [`Iterator::take()`], in order to make them finite.
 ///
+/// Use [`str::repeat()`] instead of this function if you just want to repeat
+/// a char/string `n`th times.
+///
 /// If the element type of the iterator you need does not implement `Clone`,
 /// or if you do not want to keep the repeated element in memory, you can
 /// instead use the [`repeat_with()`] function.
 ///
 /// [`repeat_with()`]: crate::iter::repeat_with
+/// [`str::repeat()`]: ../../std/primitive.str.html#method.repeat
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///