def _prime(self):
        """Private function to initialize the states of
        self._next_element and self._has_next.  We poke our
        self._myiter to see if it's still alive and kicking."""
        try:
            self._next_element = self._myiter.next()
            self._has_next = 1
        except StopIteration:
            self.next_element = None
            self._has_next = 0
Private function to initialize the states of
        self._next_element and self._has_next.  We poke our
        self._myiter to see if it's still alive and kicking.
recipes/Python/197530_Merging_two_sorted_iterators_insingle/recipe-197530.py