range(start,stop)

[Thomas A. Bryan]

Stephane BAUSSON wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Just a question for a Python expert ...
> What the interest for the range function to stop at stop-1 and not at
> stop ?

In addition to the other things already mentioned, I happen to like 
the fact that 

for element in range(a,b):
  do_something
for element in range(b,c):
  do_something

is the same as 

for element in range(a,c):
  do_something

---Tom