def simplify(cls, segments: Iterable["Segment"]) -> Iterable["Segment"]:
        """Simplify an iterable of segments by combining contiguous segments with the same style.

        Args:
            segments (Iterable[Segment]): An iterable of segments.

        Returns:
            Iterable[Segment]: A possibly smaller iterable of segments that will render the same way.
        """
        iter_segments = iter(segments)
        try:
            last_segment = next(iter_segments)
        except StopIteration:
            return

        _Segment = Segment
        for segment in iter_segments:
            if last_segment.style == segment.style and not segment.control:
                last_segment = _Segment(
                    last_segment.text + segment.text, last_segment.style
                )
            else:
                yield last_segment
                last_segment = segment
        yield last_segment
Simplify an iterable of segments by combining contiguous segments with the same style.

        Args:
            segments (Iterable[Segment]): An iterable of segments.

        Returns:
            Iterable[Segment]: A possibly smaller iterable of segments that will render the same way.
        
rich/segment.py