[Python-3000] optimizing [x]range
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Jul 30 02:29:14 CEST 2007
skip at pobox.com wrote:
> You can't spell
>
> a <= x <= b
>
> or
>
> a < x < b
>
> without remembering to add or subtract 1 from the appropriate endpoint
I think the use cases for this are where you're trying to
express a range-like condition, i.e 'a <= x < b'. Then you
have to make sure you get the right relations in the right
places, which is the same kind of burden as remembering to
add or subtract 1 in the right places.
--
Greg
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