Long integers, xrange and number theory

[Terry Reedy]

"Mark Edward Tristan Dickinson" <dickinsm at umich.edu> wrote in message
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> > def xxrange(start,stop): [name changed to look like xrange]
> >   while start < stop:
> >     yield start
> >     start += 1

> I guess that xxrange() is also less efficient than xrange()
> would be, though this doesn't bother me as much.

This would be an interesting test, especially if generators can be
Psyco-ized (ie, if the Psycho-ization propagates to the .next() method
of the returned generator object -- I simply do no know).  Re-calling
generators is more efficient than calling functions.

TJR