[Python-Dev] PEP 204 - Range Literals

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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
> Well, I guess I agree. The above was just a bit of 'Red Red Wine' induced
> brainstorm, but on reflection it does seem logical. The one-dimensionality
> of range and xrange always bothered me ;) The biggest problem is, however,
> how to create a 'range' of a specific type of object, given a start, step
> and end object. A new PyNumberMethods member 'int_range' ? Or some kind of
> 'newobject_fromnumber' protocol ?

Let's worry about that later.  For now, throwing an exception is OK.

> How about we checkin the current patch, which does what the PEP describes,
> and continue the PEP for the sake of these issues ? :)

+1.
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