xrange question

[Michael Hudson]

"John Flynn" <transpicio at yahoo.com.au> writes:

> Again, this is not a big deal - but since Python removes just about
> every other need to explicitly specify data types, it would also
> make sense (to me at this stage) to implicitly convert integral
> types based on what's being done with them. (But perhaps this is
> more trouble than it's worth?)

I think eroding the differences between Python ints and longs is a
long term goal.  It's not entirely simple, though.

Cheers,
M.

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