def roundrobin(*iterables):
    """Yields an item from each iterable, alternating between them.

        >>> list(roundrobin('ABC', 'D', 'EF'))
        ['A', 'D', 'E', 'B', 'F', 'C']

    This function produces the same output as :func:`interleave_longest`, but
    may perform better for some inputs (in particular when the number of
    iterables is small).

    """
    # Recipe credited to George Sakkis
    pending = len(iterables)
    nexts = cycle(iter(it).__next__ for it in iterables)
    while pending:
        try:
            for next in nexts:
                yield next()
        except StopIteration:
            pending -= 1
            nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, pending))
Yields an item from each iterable, alternating between them.

        >>> list(roundrobin('ABC', 'D', 'EF'))
        ['A', 'D', 'E', 'B', 'F', 'C']

    This function produces the same output as :func:`interleave_longest`, but
    may perform better for some inputs (in particular when the number of
    iterables is small).

    
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