= lambda chunk: pair_sums.append(sum(chunk)) >>> list(side_effect(func, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2)) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >>> list(pair_sums) [1, 5, 9] Writing to a file-like object: >>> from io import StringIO >>> from more_itertools import consume >>> f = StringIO() >>> func = lambda x: print(x, file=f) >>> before = lambda: print(u'HEADER', file=f) >>> after = f.close >>> it = [u'a', u'b', u'c'] >>> consume(side_effect(func, it, before=before, after=after)) >>> f.closed True N)