[PyPy-issue] [issue617] range() slower than xrange()

[Armin Rigo]

New submission from Armin Rigo <armin.rigo at gmail.com>:

Investigate: why is range() slower than xrange() by ~20%?  Test case:

for i in range(200000):
    for j in range(500):
        pass

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title: range() slower than xrange()

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