Problem with Python xrange

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Christian Neumann wrote:
 
> x[1:4]  ## It should be return an xrange object with length 3
> Is this really a bug?

No. xrange doesn't create an actual sequence you can slice, instead it
creates an iterable object usable in for ... in ... statements.

The reason is that its much more memory-consuming to create a list if all
you are interested in are only the generated indices.

Use range, if you really want a list.
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch