Is current integer for-loop syntax a wart?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.1015612095.8491.python-list at python.org>,
Cromwell, Jeremy <jcromwell at ciena.com> wrote:
>PEP 276 (Simple Iterator for ints) and PEP 284 (Integer for-loops), among
>others, are written from the perspective that the current integer for-loop
>syntax
>
>    for i in range(10):
>
>is a wart.  Is this true?  That is, where does the Python community stand on
>this issue?

Wart?  It's somewhat awkward for heavy-duty manipulation of sequence
indexes, but the proposals that suggest adding a new function or two to
handle that are best IMO.
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