nc:`itertools.tee` is used to cache elements as necessary. >>> from itertools import count >>> all_chunks = ichunked(count(), 4) >>> c_1, c_2, c_3 = next(all_chunks), next(all_chunks), next(all_chunks) >>> list(c_2) # c_1's elements have been cached; c_3's haven't been [4, 5, 6, 7] >>> list(c_1) [0, 1, 2, 3] >>> list(c_3) [8, 9, 10, 11] N)