$digest iteration error for filters written for ng-repeat in angular 1.1.x

I've been looking into trying to write filters but its been quite frustrating.

Here are a couple of resources I was following for writing a 'chunk' filter

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/IEIQok-YkpU https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/gEv1-YV-Ojg

I tried it out with some success. but found that there is difference in behaviour between versions

The methods described to produce a $$hashKey does not work in the 1.1.5 version. The first fiddle is fine, whilst the second produces in iteration error, even though the code is exactly the same:

http://jsfiddle.net/nRGTX/38/ - 1.0.3 version

http://jsfiddle.net/nRGTX/39/ - 1.1.5 version

 Error: 10 $digest() iterations reached. Aborting!
Watchers fired in the last 5 iterations: [["fn: $watchCollectionWatch; newVal: 16; oldVal: 14"],["fn: $watchCollectionWatch; newVal: 18; oldVal: 16"],["fn: $watchCollectionWatch; newVal: 20; oldVal: 18"],["fn: $watchCollectionWatch; newVal: 22; oldVal: 20"],["fn: $watchCollectionWatch; newVal: 24; oldVal: 22"]]

Are there any workarounds/proper way to write this?