inclusive-lower-bound, exclusive-upper-bound (was Re: Range Operation pre-PEP)

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3AFB0DB9.BDAE54A5 at one.net.au>,
Andrew Maizels  <andrew at one.net.au> wrote:
>
>I can see where consistency is important, but why does Python do the
>inclusive-lower-bound, exclusive-upper-bound thing?

Because it makes loops more likely to work.  E.g.:


l = [1,4,9,16]
for i in range(len(l)):
    print l[i]
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