source: utilitiespy/tudelft/utilities/tools/Iterator.py@ 1427

from collections.abc import Iterator
from itertools import tee
from typing import Tuple, TypeVar, Collection, Any, List

def hasNext(it)->Tuple[bool, Iterator]:
  '''
  A support function to test hasNext for standard python iterators.
  usage, assuming it is already created (eg it=iter([1,2,3]):
   nx, it = hasNext(it)
   
   After the call, nx will be True iff it has a next value.
   The new it will be in original state (we have to damage the original iterator)
  '''

  it,it1=tee(it)
  try:
    next(it1)
    return True, it
  except:
    return False, it

T=TypeVar("T")
def removeFirst(lst:Collection[T], it: Any) -> bool:
  '''
  remove first occurence of it from lst
  @param lst a list to remove items from
  @param it an item to remove
  @return True if lst was modified, else False
    
  '''
  if not it in lst:
      return False
  lst.remove(it) # type: ignore
  return True


def remove(lst:List[T], it: Any) -> bool:
  '''
  remove all occurences of it from lst
  @param lst a list to remove items from
  @param it an item to remove
  @return True if lst was modified
    
  '''
  n=lst.count(it)
  for i in range(n):
       lst.remove(it)
  return n>0

def removeAll(lst:List[T], toremove:Collection[Any]) -> bool:
  '''
  all items in  toremove  are removed from lst
  @param lst a list to remove items from
  @param toremove a list of items to remove
  @return True if lst was modified
  '''
  return any([remove(lst,it) for it in toremove])