paginates python iterables in chunks of lists

paginator-from-hell

def paginator_from_hell(items, chunk=5):
    """
    usage:
       paginator_from_hell(["A","A","A","A","A","B","B","B","B","B",0,0,0,0,0,"D","D","D","D","D","E","E"]

     returns:
       [
           ["A","A","A","A","A"],
           ["B","B","B","B","B"],
           [0,0,0,0,0],
           ["D","D","D","D","D"],
           ["E","E"],
       ]

"""
    return filter(lambda x:x, [filter(lambda x:x, [data and data.pop(0) for x in range(chunk)]) for y in range(chunk)])