[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Include rangeobject.h,2.16,2.17

[Greg Ball]

> but I don't see a problem with that. I also left out the 'contains'
> implementation.

> Still-not-understanding-*why*-<wink>-ly y'rs,

In the fine tradition of xrange, that 'contains' implementation is
slightly broken.  It doesn't have proper object equality semantics.

Python 2.1 (#1, Jul  4 2001, 14:48:37)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)] on linux2
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>>> r, xr = range(10), xrange(10)
>>> 1.1 in r
0
>>> 1.1 in xr
1
>>> 1+0j in r
1
>>> 1+0j in xr
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: can't convert complex to int; use e.g. int(abs(z))


--Greg Ball