itertools.repeat does not accept None as an explicit count

BPO	34169
Nosy	@rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @corona10
PRs	bpo-34169: Fix itertools.repeat to get the default when times is None. #8355

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assignee = 'https://github.com/rhettinger'
closed_at = <Date 2018-07-21.03:04:04.165>
created_at = <Date 2018-07-20.14:11:03.314>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library', 'invalid']
title = 'itertools.repeat does not accept None as an explicit count'
updated_at = <Date 2018-07-21.14:10:32.610>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/chepner'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2018-07-21.14:10:32.610>
actor = 'chepner'
assignee = 'rhettinger'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2018-07-21.03:04:04.165>
closer = 'rhettinger'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2018-07-20.14:11:03.314>
creator = 'chepner'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 34169
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
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nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'chepner', 'corona10']
pr_nums = ['8355']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue34169'
versions = ['Python 3.8']