Is current integer for-loop syntax a wart?

[Greg Ewing]

brueckd at tbye.com wrote:
> 
> Seeing range() in the code doesn't force you
> to pause and figure out what it means

In the simplest case, no. But when I come across
something like

   range(9,-1,-1)

I certainly *do* have to pause and think about
what it means!

Simple range() is fine, but multi-parameter
range(), especially with a negative step,
seems very warty to me.

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