Chunk any iterable, lazily in Python

Python interview exercise on Iterators & Generators, difficulty 2 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.

Write chunked(iterable, size), a generator that yields lists of up to size items. It must work for any iterable, including a generator or an endless one, so it cannot call len() or slice. Python 3.12 added itertools.batched for this; write it yourself here.

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