[ python-Bugs-1250306 ] incorrect description of range function

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Bugs item #1250306, was opened at 2005-08-02 15:01
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John Gleeson (jgleeson)
>Assigned to: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Summary: incorrect description of range function

Initial Comment:
The description of the behavior of the range function

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-56

for negative values of step appears to be incorrect:

"if step is negative, the last element is the largest start + i * step 
greater than stop."

This implies that the last element is 'start'.  I think it should say 
'smallest' instead of 'largest'. 

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Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-08-03 07:18

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Correct. Committed as Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex r1.186, r1.175.2.6.

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